Herd Immunity Doesn't Mean What Trump Thinks It Does

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Rather than blithely allowing millions to get infected as a solution to the pandemic, we should try to capitalize on the natural occurrence of immunity combined with vaccination.

Published Sep. 27 2020 2:27AM EDT

Thanks in no small part to the bloviating from politicians ranging from Boris Johnson to Donald Trump, talk of herd immunity has been inescapable during the coronavirus pandemic.

Herd immunity is the theory that once a certain percentage of the population is immune to an infection, the infection can no longer...

Jeffrey Klausner

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Herd Immunity Doesn't Mean What Trump Thinks It Does

Rather than blithely allowing millions to get infected as a solution to the pandemic, we should try to capitalize on the natural occurrence of immunity combined with vaccination.

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Jeffrey Klausner