Covid: No evidence shielding helped - Swansea uni study

Covid: No evidence shielding helped - Swansea uni study There is no evidence that shielding benefited vulnerable people during the Covid pandemic, according to a study.

Swansea University compared 117,000 people shielding in Wales with the rest of the population of three million.

The study found deaths and healthcare usage were higher among shielding people than the general population. BBC News

See also:

• Did the UK's public health shielding policy protect the clinically extremely vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales? Results of EVITE Immunity, a linked data retrospective study (open access) Public Health
• No evidence that shielding reduced Covid infections in Wales Swansea University
• Arcturus has already killed 5 Brits: New Covid strain makes up one in 40 new cases The Daily Mail
• Britain 'should open up spring Covid booster drive to ALL over-50s amid Arcturus fears' The Daily Mail
• Covid inquiry orders ministers to hand over all WhatsApps on pandemic The Daily Telegraph
• Five die with Arcturus variant in UK as strain spreads globally The Independent
• Arcturus mapped: Is new Covid-19 variant in your region? The Independent
• Covid inquiry demands Tory ministers hand over WhatsApp messages The Independent