The Far End in the time of COVID-19

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The Far End in the time of COVID-19

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Vanessa Weenink

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The pressure on elderly people to stay home during a pandemic may be misplaced

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Honorary professor of general practice and Blenheim GP Campbell Murdoch questions the evidence for making older people confine themselves to home during a pandemic

On 22 March, prime minister Jacinda Ardern directed all people aged over 70 or with compromised immune systems to stay at home because they were more