Dr Hilary responds to claims mass gatherings won't happen 'for years'
direct to your inboxGood Morning Britain’s Dr Hilary has responded to speculation that it may be several years before mass gatherings on the scale of weddings and festivals will be permitted again.Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, said yesterday (February 7) that restrictions on large gatherings are likely to be in place for “the next few years”.But the GP and health editor for GMB told viewers that he thought that would be a ‘worst case scenario’.He added, however, that we have to be ‘pragmatic’ about the spread of the virus, as the more it circulates in the community, the higher the likelihood of it mutating.He told hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid: “We need to get the R-rate down.“Currently we’re