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. 2020 Dec 18;1(1):21-23.
doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.12.004.

Vaccination Is the Only Acceptable Path to Herd Immunity

Angela L Rasmussen  1
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Vaccination Is the Only Acceptable Path to Herd Immunity

Angela L Rasmussen. Med. .

Abstract

Population-level herd immunity is critical for long-term control of SARS-CoV-2. However, proposals to reach the herd immunity threshold through naturally acquired infection, rather than vaccination, have complicated public health efforts and popularized policies that will lead to widespread transmission and mortality. Vaccination is the only viable path to herd immunity.

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SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Populations with Different Susceptibility SARS-CoV-2 spread in a susceptible population (top panel) and in a population that has reached the herd immunity threshold (lower panel).
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