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Could we get to herd immunity by not immunizing those people who are part of groups excluded from the trials?
by swalsh 6y ago
Could we get to herd immunity by not immunizing those people who are part of groups excluded from the trials?
- pjc50 6y agoQuite likely - I would expect "severe" allergies to be less than 1% of the population.
- belltaco 6y agoI think most vaccines right now have not been proven to have sterilizing immunity, so ppl who have gotten the vaccine can still transmit it to others who haven't been vaccinated. That's in the 1 or 2 week widow after getting infected themselves.
- OscarCunningham 6y agoEven if it doesn't produce sterilizing immunity it will reduce the spread by stopping the virus from causing coughing and sneezing. So it's possible that it will allow reaching herd immunity anyway.
- davidw 6y agoThat's how normal vaccines for things like measles work. Not everyone can take them, or they have other issues, so they depend on the rest of us to do our part for herd immunity.
- rsynnott 6y agoYes. Almost no vaccines can be given to _everyone_, and the portion of the population with severe allergies of the epipen-carrying-around variety is fairly small.
- noja 6y agoYes this is news, so clearly there has been some mismatch in expectations.