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Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe
New York Times ^ | May 3, 2021 | Apoorva Mandavilli

Posted on 05/03/2021 8:19:37 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods

Now, more than half of adults in the United States have been inoculated with at least one dose of a vaccine. But daily vaccination rates are slipping, and there is widespread consensus among scientists and public health experts that the herd immunity threshold is not attainable — at least not in the foreseeable future, and perhaps not ever.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bioweapon; chinesevirus; covid; covid19; herdimmunity; idiotsandliars; immunity; plandemic; vaccine
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To: SaxxonWoods

Herd immunity measured by vaccination. There are other measurements.


21 posted on 05/03/2021 8:35:03 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Since there is no herd immunity for any of the other human coronaviruses, I’ve never been clear on why this one would be different.


22 posted on 05/03/2021 8:36:19 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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Some say...


23 posted on 05/03/2021 8:36:32 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SaxxonWoods
...and perhaps not ever.

That would certainly be true if the birth rate exceeded the infection rate.

But since there are about 385K births per day in the US, and assuming long-term natural immunity upon infection, the claim is total BS.

24 posted on 05/03/2021 8:39:48 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Jeff Chandler

Good one.


25 posted on 05/03/2021 8:40:24 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: Myrddin
Herd immunity was never going to happen.

False.

26 posted on 05/03/2021 8:40:30 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: ilgipper
Here immunity was a prohibited term until the left started using it to coarse vaccinations. They continue to ignore natural immunity. This is a farce.

Yup.

27 posted on 05/03/2021 8:41:23 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: SaxxonWoods

Warning: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish

Next Phase of COVID Vaccination is To Create Public Pressure, You Are Selfish and Destroying Herd Immunity if You Do Not Cooperate

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/05/02/next-phase-of-covid-vaccination-is-to-create-public-pressure-you-are-selfish-and-destroying-herd-immunity-if-you-do-not-cooperate/


28 posted on 05/03/2021 8:42:19 AM PDT by afchief
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To: SaxxonWoods

They never say who the experts are so real experts can’t discredit them.


29 posted on 05/03/2021 8:42:35 AM PDT by pas
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To: SaxxonWoods

Fails to account for T-cell immunities; for example those who have had covid and are immune


30 posted on 05/03/2021 8:43:04 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: SaxxonWoods

“experts” who have been repeatedly wrong in their “scientific” announcements


31 posted on 05/03/2021 8:44:36 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Because “public health experts” have done such a bang up job so far.


32 posted on 05/03/2021 8:47:48 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

That’s OK, We still Have Herd Stupidity to fall back on


33 posted on 05/03/2021 8:48:58 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Jay W

[[When did people become herd animals?]]

Haven’t you heard? The bird is the word


34 posted on 05/03/2021 8:52:50 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: SaxxonWoods

NY Times and msn. Don’t get played.


35 posted on 05/03/2021 8:56:13 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SaxxonWoods

blah blah blah. Get used to the masked misery. They are trying to blame the fact that people do not want their poison as the reason.

We don’t have herd immunity for the flu either. If people want the shot, they get it.


36 posted on 05/03/2021 8:57:24 AM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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To: SaxxonWoods
there is widespread consensus among scientists and public health experts that the herd immunity threshold is not attainable — at least not in the foreseeable future, and perhaps not ever.

Of course not, from day one Biden and Harris have planted doubt. And now the old fool walks around with a mask on after getting the vaccine.

37 posted on 05/03/2021 8:58:15 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: blueunicorn6

Even the pigs are better people than that bunch of scum in DC right now.


38 posted on 05/03/2021 8:58:46 AM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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To: PeterPrinciple

The case count is in free fall, it will be nominal in a month: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases


39 posted on 05/03/2021 8:59:23 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dead

“Don’t care.”

Of course you don’t care, you’re dead!


40 posted on 05/03/2021 9:00:01 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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