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Covid-19: how effective is social distancing?

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Prof Deirdre Hollingsworth an infectious disease epidemiologist from the BDI discusses social distancing in a podcast with Ian Sample from the Guardian.

What is it? How might it help to flatten the curve? And what are some of the big unknowns when it comes to predicting how effective it might be?

The Guardian Science Weekly Podcast on the effectiveness of social distancing?

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