Can first covid-19 vaccines bring herd immunity?
4 years, 1 month ago

Can first covid-19 vaccines bring herd immunity?

Live Mint  

Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID-19 vaccines could bring "herd immunity", with some calculating that immunising just two-thirds of a population could halt the pandemic disease and help protect whole communities or nations. "Herd immunity is sometimes wrongly understood as individual protection," said Josep Jansa, an expert in health emergency preparedness and response at the Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The ECDC uses an estimated herd immunity threshold of 67% for its models, while Chancellor Angela Merkel said this month that COVID-19 restrictions in Germany could be lifted if 60% to 70% of the population acquired immunity, either via a COVID-19 vaccine or through infection. A better approach, she said, could be to "turn herd immunity on its head", and use the first limited supplies of vaccines to protect those most in need, without worrying about the more robust members of the "herd" who can live relatively happily with the virus.

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Explained | Can vaccine distribution be made fairer?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Can vaccine distribution be made fairer?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity, a joint effort by the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization and the University of Oxford with cooperation across the UN system, has put out recent data that justifies the vexatious core of the vaccine distribution programme: Only one in four people has been vaccinated with at least …

Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us?
2 years, 2 months ago

Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us?

LA Times  

For almost two years, COVID-19 vaccine holdouts have been the objects of earnest pleading and financial inducements, of social-media shaming and truth campaigns. For one thing, whether those who remain unvaccinated are still driving coronavirus spread hinges partly on the status of the U.S. population’s immunity. For the 49% of “fully vaccinated” Americans who’ve had at least one booster dose, …

New COVID-19 data shows unvaccinated have 'triple' the risk of death compared with fully jabbed
2 years, 8 months ago

New COVID-19 data shows unvaccinated have 'triple' the risk of death compared with fully jabbed

ABC  

South Australian health authorities have released COVID vaccination statistics showing people who are unvaccinated are more than three times as likely to die from the virus than those who've had three doses. Key points: Unvaccinated people have "triple the chance of dying" of those with three or more jabs, SA's health chief said Nicola Spurrier issued the warning ahead of …

Learning to live with Covid
2 years, 9 months ago

Learning to live with Covid

Hindustan Times  

Are we done with Covid19? The deep psychological impact of Covid came from tsunami-like waves of infections, where many people fell severely ill and faced difficulty in getting adequate healthcare, ultimately leading to many unexpected deaths within short periods. Despite this, the presence of prior immunity sharply reduces the risk of severe disease during infections, even with newer variants. During …

Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID?
2 years, 10 months ago

Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID?

Associated Press  

Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID-19? Experts say it’s not likely that the highly transmissible variant — or any other variant — will lead to herd immunity. “ Herd immunity is an elusive concept and doesn’t apply to coronavirus,” says Dr. Don Milton at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Herd immunity is when …

Can vaccination reduce long effects of Covid-19? Here's what we know
2 years, 11 months ago

Can vaccination reduce long effects of Covid-19? Here's what we know

Hindustan Times  

Vaccination can help reduce the long effects of Covid-19 infection, researchers have found based on data collected from those infected with coronavirus. An Israeli report has surfaced that shows that people vaccinated with both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were much less likely to report long Covid as compared to those unvaccinated. The term ‘long Covid’ refers to a condition …

Can COVID-19 vaccines help prevent long COVID?
2 years, 11 months ago

Can COVID-19 vaccines help prevent long COVID?

Al Jazeera  

With treatment options for long COVID still limited, and new symptoms coming to light all the time, we look at whether being vaccinated offers protection against it. Although most people make a full recovery from a COVID-19 infection, for some the symptoms can last weeks or even months, a condition known as long COVID. A study carried out by the …

Covid-19: What will it take to vaccinate the world?
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: What will it take to vaccinate the world?

Hindustan Times  

This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world’s most pressing policy challenges. It will not provide very durable protection Clara Ferreira Marques: You’re a veteran advocate for global health, vaccines and tropical-disease control, and served as a U.S. science envoy during the Obama administration. The Texas Children’s Hospital Center for …

This is how the COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, WHO says
2 years, 11 months ago

This is how the COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, WHO says

LA Times  

John Nkengasong, left, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and moderator Julia Chatterley during a remote panel on vaccine equity at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday. Dr. Michael Ryan, speaking during a panel discussion on vaccine inequity hosted by the World Economic Forum, said “we may never end the virus” because such pandemic viruses “end …

Abcarian: It's looking like we all might get COVID someday
3 years ago

Abcarian: It's looking like we all might get COVID someday

LA Times  

Over the last few weeks, you’ve probably had the same conversation I’ve been having: “We’re all going to get it, aren’t we?” “Yep.” Call it fatalism. “I don’t think it’s a foregone conclusion that everybody will get COVID-19,” UCLA infectious disease expert Otto Yang told the “Today” show last month. “Endemic is now often used to describe the point where …

Arguments over COVID vaccines could drive rise in family breakdowns, counsellors warn
3 years ago

Arguments over COVID vaccines could drive rise in family breakdowns, counsellors warn

ABC  

Relationship counsellors say the increasing need for a COVID-19 vaccination to work, travel and dine out may begin to tear families apart if they cannot settle on a mutual decision. Key points: Relationship counsellors are expecting a surge in families needing support to navigate COVID-19 vaccine decisions They say the decision on whether to vaccinate young children can be challenging …

Herd immunity "out of reach" due to Delta variant: Health Minister
3 years, 1 month ago

Herd immunity "out of reach" due to Delta variant: Health Minister

NL Times  

Herd immunity against Covid-19 is no longer a realistic goal, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday. The much more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus dashed the hope that a vaccination rate of 70 percent would end the pandemic, he said, NU.nl reports. But we do want the highest possible immunity," De Jonge said. …

"Forget it," acute care expert says about Covid herd immunity
3 years, 1 month ago

"Forget it," acute care expert says about Covid herd immunity

NL Times  

Having many Covid-19 patients receiving hospital care may be a permanent situation, according to Ernst Kuipers, head of acute care network LNAZ and chairman of the board at Rotterdam MC. Healthcare will have to be organized differently because hospitals can't keep postponing regular care, Kuipers said in an interview with AD. But even if everyone got vaccinated, people with underlying …

CDC shifts pandemic goals away from reaching herd immunity
3 years, 1 month ago

CDC shifts pandemic goals away from reaching herd immunity

LA Times  

A nurse delivers a COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile clinic at Eagle Rock High School. The prospects for meeting a clear herd-immunity target are “very complicated,” said Dr. Jefferson Jones, a medical officer on the CDC’s COVID-19 Epidemiology Task Force. “It’s a science-communications problem,” said Dr. John Brooks, chief medical officer for the CDC’s COVID-19 response. “It’s impossible to predict …

NT government sets new remote community COVID vaccination targets and health measures
3 years, 2 months ago

NT government sets new remote community COVID vaccination targets and health measures

ABC  

The Northern Territory government will introduce new COVID-19 health measures for some people travelling to some remote communities while a key vaccination target remains out of reach. Key points: A vaccination target of 80 per cent in people aged five years and over has been set in remote communities Travellers into some communities will soon be required to wear masks …

Effectiveness of Covid vaccines declining somewhat
3 years, 2 months ago

Effectiveness of Covid vaccines declining somewhat

NL Times  

The effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccines in protecting vaccinated people against severe illness and transmission is declining somewhat, RIVM director Jaap van Dissel said to parliament on Wednesday, NOS reports. The vaccines' effectiveness in protecting against transmission dropped from 75 percent in June to 50 percent now, Van Dissel said. More people are being hospitalized in the big cities, Van …

COVID-19 vaccines more protective than past infection, study shows
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 vaccines more protective than past infection, study shows

LA Times  

A nursing student draws a COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe. A new study shows that vaccinations can offer better protection against COVID-19 than natural immunity from a prior infection. Unvaccinated people who had been infected months earlier were 5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people who didn’t have a prior infection, researchers concluded in a new …

Cant Say Delhi Has Attained Herd Immunity, People Shouldn't Let Their Guard Down: Experts
3 years, 2 months ago

Cant Say Delhi Has Attained Herd Immunity, People Shouldn't Let Their Guard Down: Experts

News 18  

It cannot be said that Delhi has attained herd immunity despite the latest serological survey showing that 97 per cent people here have developed antibodies against COVID-19, experts said on Thursday and cautioned people to not let their guard down. The sixth serological survey has showed that the national capital had a seropositivity rate of 97 per cent, Delhi Health …

If you're not vaccinated you'll get Covid-19, Acute Care boss warns
3 years, 2 months ago

If you're not vaccinated you'll get Covid-19, Acute Care boss warns

NL Times  

Every person not vaccinated against Covid-19 will get the coronavirus, Ernst Kuipers, chairman of the National Acute Care Network, said on TV program Jinek on Tuesday evening. "If you want to keep care available to everyone, a cancer patient or a corona patient, then we have to do something about the total number of corona patients who come in during …

Australia's path from pandemic to endemic, and what 'living with COVID' could mean
3 years, 2 months ago

Australia's path from pandemic to endemic, and what 'living with COVID' could mean

ABC  

The COVID-19 pandemic won't end with a bang, but more likely a fizzle — and a long, protracted one at that. "I don't know if we're going to wake up one day and say, 'Oh, it's over now,'" says Eddie Holmes, an evolutionary virologist at the University of Sydney. Key points: Most experts agree eradicating COVID-19 is now almost certainly …

COVID-19 vaccines don't protect everyone equally. As restrictions lift, some people remain at higher risk
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 vaccines don't protect everyone equally. As restrictions lift, some people remain at higher risk

ABC  

For millions of Australians living under strict lockdown measures, the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the coming weeks and months will be likely met with enthusiasm and relief. Unfortunately, having a weakened immune system can hamper a person's response to vaccination, and research suggests people with immunodeficiencies generate less robust responses to COVID-19 vaccines. About 11 per cent of the …

COVID-19 vaccine boosters not 'appropriate' at this stage of pandemic, says study in The Lancet
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine boosters not 'appropriate' at this stage of pandemic, says study in The Lancet

Firstpost  

The authors noted that across all vaccine types and variants, vaccine efficacy is greater against severe disease than against mild disease. “Taken as a whole, the currently available studies do not provide credible evidence of substantially declining protection against severe disease, which is the primary goal of vaccination,” said lead author Ana-Maria Henao-Restrepo from WHO. “The limited supply of these …

More US studies show COVID vaccines protect from serious illness
3 years, 3 months ago

More US studies show COVID vaccines protect from serious illness

Al Jazeera  

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has presented data showing unvaccinated people are four-and-a-half times more likely to contract COVID-19 and 11 times more likely to die from it than those fully vaccinated. While protection remained strong against Delta, the study also confirmed an increase in milder COVID-19 infections among fully vaccinated people, which the authors said …

Vaccination is key to herd immunity, says member of Maharashtra's Covid-19 task force
3 years, 4 months ago

Vaccination is key to herd immunity, says member of Maharashtra's Covid-19 task force

India Today  

Maharashtra stands among the states worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in India. Based on mathematical calculations, if vaccines provide a lifelong, fail-safe shield against the infection caused by SARS-CoV-2, we would need 60 to 72 per cent of the population to be vaccinated to establish herd immunity. But if vaccines are only 80 per cent effective, 75-90 per cent …

Herd immunity not a possibility with Delta variant, warns U.K. vaccine expert
3 years, 4 months ago

Herd immunity not a possibility with Delta variant, warns U.K. vaccine expert

The Hindu  

The highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 has rendered the prospect of herd immunity, where the majority of a country’s population becomes immune to a virus, difficult, the head of the U.K.’s Oxford Vaccine Group has warned. Professor Andrew Pollard, who led the team behind the Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine, told the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus on Tuesday that …

Covid: Herd immunity cannot be reached unless children over 12 given vaccine, experts say
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid: Herd immunity cannot be reached unless children over 12 given vaccine, experts say

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s not going to be possible to get herd immunity without vaccinating younger children,” Dr …

Can I get ‘long COVID’ if I’m infected after vaccination?
3 years, 5 months ago

Can I get ‘long COVID’ if I’m infected after vaccination?

Associated Press  

Can I get ‘long COVID’ if I’m infected after vaccination? It’s unclear, but researchers are studying the chances of long-term symptoms developing in anyone who might get infected after vaccination. But researchers are also looking at whether those breakthrough cases could lead to long COVID-19, which is when people experience persistent, returning or new symptoms a month or more after …

Vaccine requirements for Covid-19 are legal in many circumstances
3 years, 5 months ago

Vaccine requirements for Covid-19 are legal in many circumstances

CNN  

CNN — For those who are refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine, there are a lot of legal ways for public and private actors to make that decision painful. “That case is a real problem for vaccine mandate skeptics,” said Nicholas Bagley, a University of Michigan law professor who specializes in administrative and health care law. “One of the reasons, …

$80 million lottery could boost COVID vaccine rate as part of a plan with an 80 per cent target, report finds
3 years, 5 months ago

$80 million lottery could boost COVID vaccine rate as part of a plan with an 80 per cent target, report finds

ABC  

Australia should maintain its COVID-zero strategy until 80 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated, including 95 per cent of people over 70, according to a report from the Grattan Institute. Key points: Think tank recommends National Cabinet set a vaccine plan to reach 80 per cent target Think tank recommends National Cabinet set a vaccine plan to reach …

VA requires COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers
3 years, 5 months ago

VA requires COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, as the aggressive delta variant spreads across the nation and some communities report troubling increases in hospitalizations among unvaccinated people. The VA’s move came on a day when nearly 60 leading medical and health care organizations …

Breakthrough Covid-19 cases: Fully vaccinated Americans say it could have been worse without the vaccine
3 years, 5 months ago

Breakthrough Covid-19 cases: Fully vaccinated Americans say it could have been worse without the vaccine

CNN  

CNN — Covid-19 infections in fully vaccinated people have come under increasing scrutiny as the virus once again surges across the country due to the more contagious Delta variant. “It’s been especially scary with a baby.” A breakthrough infection is defined as someone who tested positive for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 at least 14 days being fully vaccinated with …

Covid vaccine myths debunked: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid vaccine myths debunked: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back

CNN  

CNN — Americans have an easy way to crush Covid-19 – one that would let more businesses fully reopen safely, reduce the need for masks and help prevent more dangerous variants from emerging. “That’s what the FDA waited for.” The most serious vaccine side effects in history have all been caught within six weeks, said Dr. Paul Offit, director of …

Covid vaccine myths debunked: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid vaccine myths debunked: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back

CNN  

CNN — Americans have an easy way to crush Covid-19 – one that would let more businesses fully reopen safely, reduce the need for masks and help prevent more dangerous variants from emerging. “That’s what the FDA waited for.” The most serious vaccine side effects in history have all been caught within six weeks, said Dr. Paul Offit, director of …

Next 125 days critical, haven't reached herd immunity yet: Govt warns about 3rd Covid-19 wave
3 years, 5 months ago

Next 125 days critical, haven't reached herd immunity yet: Govt warns about 3rd Covid-19 wave

India Today  

India is yet to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 and possibilities of new outbreaks of the viral infection cannot be ruled out, the central government said on Friday. Addressing a health ministry briefing, Niti Aayog Member Dr VK Paul said we need to stop the infection from transmitting now and this is possible by adopting Covid-appropriate behaviour. This is possible …

Covid-19 pandemic ‘is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ CDC director says
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic ‘is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ CDC director says

CNN  

CNN — With Covid-19 cases rising in all 50 states, health officials say it’s clear that unvaccinated people are both driving the increase in cases and are most at risk. “This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during Friday’s White House Covid-19 briefing. In some areas, it’s greater …

CDC warns Covid-19 vaccines might not protect people who are immunocompromised
3 years, 5 months ago

CDC warns Covid-19 vaccines might not protect people who are immunocompromised

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday warned people who are immunocompromised that the Covid-19 vaccine may not have been effective for them and encouraged them to take precautions as if they were not vaccinated. “People who are immunocompromised should be counseled about the potential for reduced immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines and to follow …

Will COVID-19 vaccines work if I have a weak immune system?
3 years, 5 months ago

Will COVID-19 vaccines work if I have a weak immune system?

Associated Press  

Will COVID-19 vaccines work if I have a weak immune system? COVID-19 shots weren’t studied in large numbers of people with weak immune systems. That means people with weakened immune systems should keep taking precautions like wearing masks and avoiding large crowds. Israel recently began giving an extra dose of the Pfizer vaccine to transplant patients and others with weak …

You can get COVID-19 after getting the vaccine but you won't get as sick
3 years, 6 months ago

You can get COVID-19 after getting the vaccine but you won't get as sick

Firstpost  

Vaccinated people who develop COVID-19 will likely have a lower viral load than unvaccinated people, meaning they’re less likely to spread the virus. Preliminary data from the United Kingdom shows after your first dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca, you’re 33 percent less likely than an unvaccinated person to contract the Delta variant. However, some people won’t have a strong …

Australia: 80% vaccination won’t get herd immunity, could mean safely opening international borders
3 years, 6 months ago

Australia: 80% vaccination won’t get herd immunity, could mean safely opening international borders

India TV News  

The first phase of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s four-stage “pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic”, announced on Friday, focuses on vaccinating as many Australians as possible, while halving the cap on international arrivals. Put another way, even when we immunise all Australians who want to be protected against COVID-19, we’re unlikely to achieve herd immunity through vaccination alone. But given …

COVID-19 vaccines prevent deaths, finds study
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 vaccines prevent deaths, finds study

The Hindu  

A single dose of COVID-19 vaccine was 82% effective in preventing deaths while two doses were 95% effective, an analysis of data on Tamil Nadu police personnel has indicated. Data on vaccination of police personnel and COVID-19 deaths during the second wave was used to estimate the incidence of deaths among vaccinated and unvaccinated police personnel in the study ‘COVID-19 …

Why even with vaccines, Covid will always be with us
3 years, 6 months ago

Why even with vaccines, Covid will always be with us

Live Mint  

The road to ending the Covid-19 health crisis is long and paved with uncertainty. Many countries are counting on vaccines to build sufficient immunity in their populations so that SARS-CoV-2 isn’t able to find susceptible people to infect, causing transmission of the coronavirus to slow and eventually stop. But even with the rollout of highly effective vaccines, immunization coverage may …

Could No10 force through Covid vaccines for children?
3 years, 6 months ago

Could No10 force through Covid vaccines for children?

Daily Mail  

Fears were raised today that ministers could overrule guidance from scientists on vaccinating children against Covid. And one member of SAGE today said safety data for vaccinating children needed to be 'incredibly robust' owing to their low risks from Covid — but stressed that it wasn't quite there yet. Asked whether vaccinating children would be to protect vulnerable adults or …

Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?
3 years, 7 months ago

Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?

India TV News  

When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidelines about mask-wearing on May 13, 2021, plenty of Americans were left a little confused. Vaccines don’t always prevent infection Researchers had hoped to design safe COVID-19 vaccines that would prevent at least half of the people vaccinated from getting COVID-19 symptoms. Since that’s where SARS-CoV-2 makes its entry, …

COVID herd immunity may be unrealistic: South African experts
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID herd immunity may be unrealistic: South African experts

India TV News  

Achieving herd immunity against the COVID-19 may be unrealistic due to the mutations of the virus that causes it, South African experts have said, as they called for long-term vaccination strategies amid uncertainty about current vaccine efficacy. “Many governments are targeting herd immunity, but it is unachievable in the same way it is unachievable for flu,” said Professor Alex van …

Doctors call for better COVID-19 vaccination promotion, warning Australians are 'sitting ducks' until they're vaccinated
3 years, 7 months ago

Doctors call for better COVID-19 vaccination promotion, warning Australians are 'sitting ducks' until they're vaccinated

ABC  

Doctors are calling for a more effective communications strategy to convince people to get COVID-19 vaccines, warning Australians are "sitting ducks" until a much larger portion of the population is protected. Key points: The Australian Medical Association is worried about COVID-19 complacency The Australian Medical Association is worried about COVID-19 complacency It wants to see an improved strategy to motivate …

Herd Immunity Appears Unlikely for COVID-19, but CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Ditch Masks in Most Settings
3 years, 7 months ago

Herd Immunity Appears Unlikely for COVID-19, but CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Ditch Masks in Most Settings

News 18  

When COVID-19 first began spreading, public health and medical experts began talking about the need for the US to reach herd immunity to stop the coronavirus from spreading. Herd immunity occurs when there are enough immune people in a population that new infections stop. For example, the US and many other countries have achieved herd immunity for polio and measles, …

The impact of vaccination
3 years, 7 months ago

The impact of vaccination

The Hindu  

Pandemics happen in waves. From March 1, people over 60 years of age and also those over 45 years with co-morbidities became eligible for vaccination. Analysis of the available data from November 2020 and the second wave in Tamil Nadu suggest that the vaccination of people over 60 years of age has already started showing a positive effect. In comparison, …

Editorial: COVID ‘herd immunity’ may be out of reach. Deal with it
3 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: COVID ‘herd immunity’ may be out of reach. Deal with it

LA Times  

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have collectively focused on that point in the future when so many people have been inoculated or have obtained natural immunity, normal life could resume and this painful period would dissolve into the mists of history. But it seems that this magical moment in which the U.S. hits “herd immunity” and COVID-19 …

Vaccine Hesitancy Slows Pace For The Goal Of Herd Immunity
3 years, 8 months ago

Vaccine Hesitancy Slows Pace For The Goal Of Herd Immunity

NPR  

Vaccine Hesitancy Slows Pace For The Goal Of Herd Immunity NPR's Noel King speaks to Dr. Ali Khan, dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, about the growing hesitancy concerning getting a COVID-19 vaccine. It's time to get this vaccine out throughout the health care system, since we have more than sufficient vaccine. …

Life may feel more normal even before herd immunity is reached
3 years, 8 months ago

Life may feel more normal even before herd immunity is reached

CNN  

CNN — Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have said how crucial it is to reach some level of herd immunity. It’s a good goal, Meyers said, but she ticks off a host of factors in this particular pandemic that suggest the odds are not in its favor: vaccinating so many people would be nearly impossible; this particular …

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