In an interview that many will consider controversial because of the firm and outspoken stand he has taken, one of Britain’s top epidemiologists and an acknowledged expert on public health, Raj Bhopal, who last month published a paper in the journal ‘Public Health in Practice’ where he said until a reliable vaccine is produced herd immunity “is the only long term solution” to the Covid-19 pandemic, has unequivocally said this strategy applies to India.
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