Is Herd Immunity Our Best Weapon Against COVID-19?

May 4, 2020

herdIn the long run, it could protect us from future COVID-19 outbreaks. To get there, we need an effective vaccine. 

By Jillian Mock | May 4, 2020 2:09 PM

... “Herd immunity is the status of all the people living in a local area and their ability to fight off a given infection,” says Jaquelin Dudley, associate director of the John Ring LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease and professor at the University of Texas at Austin. “It has to do with the transmission ability of a given virus.” If enough people in a given population are immune to the virus, it won’t be able to spread those who are still vulnerable.

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