Table 2. Overview of UK natural herd immunity discourse media debate by stakeholder type.
| Stakeholder Type | Natural herd immunity is an appropriate or efficacious COVID-19 control strategy/natural herd immunity working or being achieved | Consequences of lockdown/related control m5easures exceed consequences of herd immunity approach | At risk populations can be protected in herd immunity approach | Healthcare services and capacity can be managed in herd immunity approach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disagree | Agree | Disagree | Agree | Disagree | Agree | Disagree | Agree | |
| Academic | 197 (66.6%) | 99 (33.4%) | 51 (46.8%) | 58 (53.2%) | 50 (40.7%) | 73 (59.3%) | 16 (72.7%) | 6 (27.3%) |
| Government | 36 (22.5%) | 124 (77.5%) | 6 (50.0%) | 6 (50.0%) | 7 (15.6%) | 38 (84.4%) | 5 (31.3%) | 11 (68.8%) |
| Political | 117 (96.7%) | 4 (3.3%) | 21 (91.3%) | 2 (8.7%) | 17 (89.5%) | 2 (10.5%) | 9 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Public Health/Medical | 106 (96.3%) | 4 (3.7%) | 28 (90.3%) | 3 (9.7%) | 11 (91.7%) | 1 (8.3%) | 4 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Journalism/Media | 32 (71.1%) | 13 (28.9%) | 13 (59.1%) | 9 (40.9%) | 6 (54.5%) | 5 (45.5%) | 3 (75.0%) | 1 (25.0%) |
| Individual | 8 (47.1%) | 9 (52.9%) | 3 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Business | 4 (33.3%) | 8 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Union | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (NA) | 0 (NA) | 0 (NA) | 0 (NA) | 0 (NA) | 0 (NA) |
| Total | 502 (65.8%) | 261 (34.2%) | 123 (60.6%) | 80 (39.4%) | 91 (41.6%) | 128 (58.4%) | 40 (69.0%) | 18 (31.0%) |