Which is the best option, lockdown or herd immunity? We're about to find out | Simon Jenkins

So far we haven't had the evidence to truly judge leaders and their coronavirus policies. With policies easing, we soon will

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The trickle is starting. Spain, Austria, Italy, China, possibly Germany and the US will this week begin, however hesitantly, the great return to work. As others hold back and some may even toughen lockdowns, the result will be the most extraordinary mass experiment in history.

The outcome should go some way to settle the central argument of coronavirus policy, of lockdown and suppression v mitigation and herd immunity. It will also condition a later political blame game, who was right and who was wrong.

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