‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Even before the first wave peaked, doctors suggested the worst was over and that measures to control the virus were more dangerous than the virus itself.
Infectious Diseases
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