"229 scientists from UK universities say the government's current approach will put the NHS under additional stress and "risk many more lives than necessary"."
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"The signatories also criticised comments made by Sir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, about managing the spread of the infection to make the population immune."
"In a separate letter to the government , more than 200 behavioural scientists have questioned the government's argument that starting tougher measures too soon would lead to people not sticking to them just at the point that the epidemic is at its height."
"The second letter called on the government to reconsider its stance on "behavioural fatigue" and to share the evidence on which it based this stance."