> Herd immunity: (noun) the resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals a

> Herd immunity: (noun) the resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, especially through vaccination. We have to have a vaccine first! Treating our populations like a herd means that the ones most susceptible die... by the millions. When I hear the term thrown about like this I can't help thinking of armchair quarterbacks. We really don't want a policy saying get everyone together and let the ones that can't hack it die, then declare success. That's awful.