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Herd immunity can be achieved in two ways. Roughly, "everyone gets it" or "vaccine." If herd immunity doesn't stick, then a vaccine will not be our savior and
by Consultant32452 6y ago
Herd immunity can be achieved in two ways. Roughly, "everyone gets it" or "vaccine." If herd immunity doesn't stick, then a vaccine will not be our savior and we better start thinking in terms of what a new normal looks like. And we need to think of this new normal in terms of basically forever.
- mattycakes 6y agoPlease read the article.
- godelski 6y agoI don't think the person you're replying to is saying something that implies they didn't read the article. The article uses the term in two ways, which makes it disingenuous. > Will herd immunity work? Many researchers say pursuing herd immunity is a bad idea. “Attempting to reach herd immunity via targeted infections is simply ludicrous,” Andersen says. “In the US, probably one to two million people would die.” Then they basically answer no. At the end of the article they quote Andersen again > “There’s no magic wand we can use here,” Andersen says. “We have to face reality — never before have we reached herd immunity via natural infection with a novel virus, and SARS-CoV-2 is unfortunately no different.” Vaccination is the only ethical path to herd immunity, he says.