'Eat out to help out' may have caused fifth of Covid clusters over summer
by Alex Hern UK technology editor from Economics | The Guardian on (#59QZ3)
Treasury rejects researcher's claim that its scheme was closely linked to rise in cases
The treasury's eat out to help out" scheme could have directly caused almost a fifth of new coronavirus case clusters over the summer, new research suggests.
The paper, from Thiemo Fetzer, an economist at the University of Warwick, found that the scheme - in which the government funded discounts on food and non-alcoholic drinks at participating businesses Monday to Wednesday throughout August - was closely linked to an increase in cases over the summer.
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