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Harvard University researchers say an on-again, off-again approach to social distancing could be a more effective strategy to avoid overwhelming hospitals and to build herd immunity against the novel coronavirus — but other experts aren’t so sure.

Recent modeling from Harvard suggests — with no vaccine or cure -- intermittent social distancing will likely be needed into 2022 to manage COVID-19.

Dr. Todd Coleman, an epidemiologist and assistant professor in health sciences at Wilfrid Laurier University, called the staggered approach to social distancing a “gamble” at best.

Several experts say Harvard’s modelling assumes that immunity takes hold for long periods of time, but the science behind that remains unclear.

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