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It was Sir Patrick Vallance who said it, @Fyoosh posted it up:
“Our aim is to try and reduce the peak, broaden the peak, not suppress it completely; also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity so more people are immune to this disease and we reduce the transmission, at the same time we protect those who are most vulnerable to it.” — Sir Patrick Vallance.
Some videos of this same line:
https://inews.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-sir-patrick-vallance-covid-19-herd-immunity-2449703
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A very quick search shows it was used explicitly by Patrick Valance, government scientific advisor, in multiple interviews. Don't think there's any ambiguity there or much nuance.
“Our aim is to try and reduce the peak [of the infections], broaden the peak, not suppress it completely,” Patrick Vallance, chief scientific advisor to the U.K. government, told BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Friday. “Also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity so more people are immune to this disease and we reduce the transmission.”
“Communities will become immune to it and that’s going to be an important part of controlling this longer term,” he said. “About 60 per cent is the sort of figure you need to get herd immunity.” https://fortune.com/2020/03/14/coronavirus-uk-cases-herd-immunity-covid-19/
"In another interview with the BBC, Sir Patrick said: “If you suppress something very, very hard, when you release those measures it bounces back and it bounces back at the wrong time.” https://amp.ft.com/content/38a81588-6508-11ea-b3f3-fe4680ea68b5
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Can I just ask if someone can find mean example of 'herd immunity' being explicitly used by:
-CMO
-BJ, Hancock or other.
I've searched the transcripts of published speeches from the CMO and the PHE action plan and I cannot find it.
As far as I can tell-and admittedly a less thorough search than I would like- 'herd immunity' has been used by others to describe the UK's response only.
As such- Hancock stating that 'herd immunity' is [not a part of the] plan is POTENTIALLY a clarification of a public misunderstanding, that -due to the nature of its relative explainability vs a much more likely nuanced approach- has spread.
I highlight potentially as I want to see where the phrase and the usage of it has stemmed from.