An Oxford epidemiologist has warned that long periods of lockdown could weaken the immune system and leave people vulnerable to future pandemics. Professor Sunetra Gupta said that intense social distancing could leave people unexposed to germs and not develop defences against new viruses. 'The Government's defence is that this (the Imperial model) was a plausible worst case scenario. I agree it was a plausible - or at least a possible - worst case scenario. 'The question is, should we act on a possible worst case scenario, given the costs of lockdown?

Source: Daily Mail June 27, 2020 22:24 UTC