“It’s a science-communications problem,” said Dr. John Brooks, chief medical officer for the CDC’s COVID-19 response. “We said, based on our experience with ot

“It’s a science-communications problem,” said Dr. John Brooks, chief medical officer for the CDC’s COVID-19 response. “We said, based on our experience with other diseases, that when you get up to 70% to 80%, you often get herd immunity,” he said. But the SARS-CoV-2 virus didn’t get the memo. “It has a lot of tricks up its sleeve, and it’s repeatedly challenged us,” he said. “It’s impossible to predict what herd immunity will be in a new pathogen until you reach herd immunity.” What obtuseness on display here. Governments and scientists teamed up to socially distance, mask, slow the spread and to create a vaccine that failed spectacularly. Put it all together, and they KILLED herd immunity. The spread has been so slowed down, and the vaccine so leaky, that Covid is here to stay. Maybe it would have been anyway, but I bet you some big imaginary coins that cross reactive immunity is what makes diseases like Covid go away, and leaky vaccines are what make them here to stay.