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U.K. Increased Covid’s Spread by Subsidizing Diners, Study Finds

  • Eat-Out-to-Help-Out program linked to surge in virus clusters
  • Program may have caused up to 17% of U.K. cases during summer
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The U.K.’s Eat-Out-to-Help-Out program, hailed as an economic cure for its ailing restaurant industry, may have substantially worsened the pandemic, research showed.