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There are recent research papers supporting that theory, and lowering the threshold for herd immunity much lower to 30-40% If that is the case then places like
by shibeouya 6y ago
There are recent research papers supporting that theory, and lowering the threshold for herd immunity much lower to 30-40%
If that is the case then places like NYC are probably pretty close.
- ethbro 6y agoAny links?
- nate_meurer 6y agohttps://arxiv.org/abs/2005.03085 https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.03085 - The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is substantially lower than the classical herd immunity level https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.27.20081893v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.27.20081893v... - Individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to SARS-CoV-2 lowers the herd immunity threshold This effect will be amplified if the initial vaccinations are given (as they should be) to the potential superspreaders, like healthcare workers and essential manual laborers.