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Is the UK Ready to Ease Lockdown?
In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to ease the lockdown, while mindful that the nation’s infection and death rates are the highest in Europe. But moving the country from “stay at home” to “stay alert” has been derided as vague at best, confusing and contradictory at worst. Sir David King, the UK’s former chief scientific adviser, joins the program to discuss.
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