COVID-19: Society will have to live with ‘substantial’ coronavirus mortality but ‘worst is over’, SAGE expert says

Society will need to learn to live with a “substantial” degree of coronavirus mortality but the worst appears to be over, a government scientific adviser has said. Professor Andrew Hayward, from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), said the number of deaths will continue to drop as vaccination kicks in. He added death rates could begin to look more like those for flu. Other experts including Professor Paul Hunter, from the University of East Anglia, have said the UK can expect a wave of deaths next winter, mostly among the unvaccinated and those for whom vaccines do not provide total protection. Prof Hayward told Times Radio: “I think given the societal trade-offs, we are going to have to live with a degree of mortality that will be substantial. Advertisement “I think it will get less over time as more people get vaccinated, and as more people get immune, and I do believe that we’ve been through the worst of this.” Prof Hayward said he does not think new variants of COVID-19 will completely evade the protection offered by vaccines. More from Covid-19 COVID-19: Infection rates continue to fall across England with 1 in 220 testing positive outside hospitals Nursing… Read full this story

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