Professor Adam Kleczkowski
Total 9 Posts
Herd immunity: Can the UK get there?
5 min read
The vaccination levels needed to cross the line of herd immunity might not be achievable at all, even in the long term. Having driven the numbers down, the government will need to continue to keep a combination of control measures in place.
Coronavirus: Here’s what happens when we test lots of people as cases are falling.
6 min read
As the epidemic is increasingly under control, more healthy than infected people will be told to self-isolate or quarantine.
Mutating coronavirus: Reaching herd immunity just got harder, but there is still hope.
5 min read
New variants will push the number needed to reach herd immunity up.
Coronavirus: How the pandemic could play out in 2021.
5 min read
As vaccination begins to take effect, what we will be able to do will change – but the transformation will be slow.
COVID-19 vaccines are coming – How will we know they work and are safe?
6 min read
The results of the Pfizer vaccine trial are highly promising. But the road to eradicating the coronavirus is likely to be long and difficult.
Herd immunity: Why the figure is always a bit vague.
5 min read
We’ll achieve herd immunity when 60% of the population is immune to COVID-19. No, wait, make it 70%. Or is it 80%?
Coronavirus: Germany’s new local lockdown is a warning not a disaster.
4 min read
Germany’s resurgent R number is largely down to a localised outbreak. The country’s new local lockdown is a warning not a disaster.