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Starmer’s Plan to ‘Build Baby Build’

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The Chilling Reality of Early COVID-19 Response Strategies

This chapter examines the dire consequences of initial COVID-19 strategies, highlighting a briefing that predicted a potential quarter of a million deaths due to a herd immunity approach. It also addresses the conflict between scientific guidance and political choices, alongside the profound societal impacts of the pandemic response.

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