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The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is substantially lower than the classical herd immunity level — mentioned by jjjensen90

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 03:07:39 GMT

We have no idea what the required percentage of infection is for herd immunity, given that we don't know what percentage of people are naturally immune or resistant, what percentage of people clear the virus without any antibody response, etc. There is a decent amount of research beginning to indicate we won't need nearly that level of infection to reach herd immunity. It's not guaranteed but I'd keep an open mind. https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.03085 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32209383 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.27.20081893v...

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The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is substantially lower than the classical herd immunity level — mentioned by myk9001

Fri, 22 May 2020 00:17:54 GMT

There are estimates that herd-immunity is achievable at 43% "The disease-induced herd immunity level is 43% ... when immunity is induced by disease spreading, the proportion infected in groups with high contact rates is greater than in groups with low contact rates" https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.03085

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The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is substantially lower than the classical herd immunity level — mentioned by nate_meurer

Mon, 11 May 2020 16:41:50 GMT

https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.03085 - The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is substantially lower than the classical herd immunity level https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.27.20081893v... - Individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to SARS-CoV-2 lowers the herd immunity threshold This effect will be amplified if the initial vaccinations are given (as they should be) to the potential superspreaders, like healthcare workers and essential manual laborers.

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The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is substantially lower than the classical herd immunity level — HN submission

Sat, 09 May 2020 17:45:29 GMT

The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is lower than the classical

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