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Here’s why herd immunity from Covid is ‘mythical’ with the delta variant
CNBC ^ | 8-12-21 | Holly Ellyatt

Posted on 08/12/2021 3:03:55 PM PDT by Meah

Achieving herd immunity with Covid vaccines when the highly infectious delta variant is spreading is “not a possibility,” a leading epidemiologist said.

Experts agree on several reasons why such a goal — where overall immunity in a population is reached and the spread of the virus is stopped — is not likely.

Sir Andrew Pollard, head of the Oxford Vaccine Group, told British lawmakers Tuesday that as Covid vaccines did not stop the spread of the virus entirely — with vaccinated people still able to be infected and transmit the virus — the idea of achieving herd immunity was “mythical.”

“I think we are in a situation here with this current variant where herd immunity is not a possibility because it still infects vaccinated individuals,” said Pollard, one of the lead researchers in the creation of the AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccine...

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KEYWORDS: branchcovidian; chat; chatforum; covid1984; deltavariant; dsj03; fakenews; falsi; fauciouchie; fearmongering; fraudci; herdimmunity
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To: Meah
“I think we are in a situation here with this current variant where herd immunity is not a possibility because it still infects vaccinated individuals,” said Pollard, ...

That's why the Spanish Flu is still raging through the population!

Oh, wait...

21 posted on 08/12/2021 3:36:41 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: eyeamok

Vaccine immunity does not stop one from developing natural immunity after they are exposed to live covid. To say that happens is a FLAT OUT LIE. All the data from post vaccinated covid.recovery patients shows robust antibodies of not only the mrna synthetic ones but also the M set only granted by natural immune response. With the vaccines you get BOTH types of immunity that’s scientific research proven by numerous titer studies. Google scholar is your friend.

The vaccines teach your body before getting exposed how to fight covid, and gives you a head start which is why in Texas from March till now 8500+ people have died from covid only 43 of those were vaccinated the rest were not. The scientific reason is vaccinated people had a set of antibodies ready the second the virus showed up and then they also had time while those antibodies were working to develop more antibodies on their own.it is in no way either or with the vaccines you get BOTH types of antibodies.


22 posted on 08/12/2021 3:37:02 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: Meah

Because they make the rules up as they go along?


23 posted on 08/12/2021 3:54:35 PM PDT by Track9 (Run! Stop! Wait! Oh forget it )
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To: Meah

All,repeat, ALL virus’ mutate.


24 posted on 08/12/2021 4:02:09 PM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: eyeamok

This week the delta variant next week another the following week another, what ever sticks to the wall they will go with and back it up with fake false claims until it starts catches on and the lemmings start whining


25 posted on 08/12/2021 4:11:59 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (“When the people fear the government you have tyranny, when the government fears the people you have)
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To: DesertRhino

Sadly that makes sense in these times.


26 posted on 08/12/2021 4:13:00 PM PDT by lastchance
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To: eyeamok

The Delta variant is God’s gift for natural herd immunity. Spreads quickly, less deadly, and then we can finally move on.


27 posted on 08/12/2021 4:18:28 PM PDT by mongrel
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To: JD_UTDallas

I have been looking for exactly the type of study you are referencing. I was very curious to know what the immune response is after a vaccination followed by a breakthrough infection! If you have any of those study links handy, would you mind posting them in a reply? Thanks!


28 posted on 08/12/2021 4:33:59 PM PDT by Meah
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To: Bayard

Nope. Covid until after mid terms then a sudden spike of a new variant ( they’ll start naming them like hurricanes and winter storms) for the next presidential election. Notice the “p” is no longer capitalized, since we live in a banana Republic soon to resemble Venezuela. If people don’t start pushing back this country is screwed.


29 posted on 08/12/2021 4:46:09 PM PDT by TermLimits4All (Biden will never be my President. There’s only 1 option left and it won’t be pretty.)
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To: Meah

There is no delta variant. Admitted there is no test for it.


30 posted on 08/12/2021 4:51:51 PM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: Meah

Actually all they proved is that wht they’ve been injecing into people, is NOT a vaccine because it doesnt work like a vaccine historically does. IE prevent infection, and stop transmission.

They have admited it and that the vaccinated are the real super spreaders.


31 posted on 08/12/2021 5:47:17 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: JD_UTDallas

…Someone who has already had COVID that has antibodies, naturally induced immunity, has a billion times more effective immunity than artificially induced immunity through the vaccine. So why? Why would I vaccinate someone with a poison death shot that makes inferior or dangerous antibodies when I already have healthy antibodies?”…

The animal studies that were done with these vaccines show that all the animals responded well, generating antibodies. But when they were challenged, however, with the virus that they were immunized against, a large percentage of them died. And when that was investigated, it was found that their immune system had killed them“…

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3984522/posts


32 posted on 08/12/2021 5:48:24 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Meah

They are using vaccination as the measure of herd immunity rather than those who have been exposed to the virus. It is so much propaganda. It would be nice if there was a reliable source of information but those days are long gone.


33 posted on 08/12/2021 5:59:30 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: Meah

You can’t achieve herd immunity with a vaccine that isn’t a vaccine. Natural immunity is the only way.


34 posted on 08/12/2021 6:06:40 PM PDT by meyer (I swear to protect and defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic!)
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To: Meah

First problem is the use of the word, “herd”. We are not wild game, cattle or livestock.

If you are talking about people, goal should be mass immunity for example, or populous, crowd, group, throng or even horde immunity. Anything but “herd”. We are not sheep, but they, “the experts”, clearly see us as such.

Words mean things. The masses of people ought to wake up!


35 posted on 08/12/2021 6:39:25 PM PDT by hope_dies_last ( )
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To: Meah

Herd immunity has been reached. More lies from the communist. Big govt controls just about everything. While people slept they were building a wall around us.


36 posted on 08/12/2021 6:45:57 PM PDT by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: Sacajaweau

If we had not done any of the measure this stuff would have ran through the population. Prolonging natural, multi antigenic immunity and false injected immunity with fewer antigens is immuno 101 stupid.
Now it is crawling through slowly mutating because it is how it replicates.


37 posted on 08/13/2021 12:51:16 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: Meah

They are seeking an excuse to lock everyone down for another six months.


38 posted on 08/13/2021 9:18:02 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: eyeamok

“There is ONLY One road out of this puzzle and that is Herd Immunity through Natural Infection and recovery”

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!

If this policy were followed from the beginning, COVID would be OVER and we would be back to normal.

Yet, “scientists” think that they can do the IMPOSSIBLE!


40 posted on 08/14/2021 6:13:53 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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