The CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19 may have already infected as much as half of the population in the United Kingdom, a new study based on a model developed by Oxford University scientists suggests.
If these preliminary results are borne out by widespread serological surveys of the population, this would mean that fewer than 1 in 1,000 people infected with the illness gets sick enough to need hospitalization. Confirmation of the conclusions of the study would support the notion that the initial “herd immunity” strategy of the British government may have been reasonable.
