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Is the US FINALLY on the verge of herd immunity? CDC study estimates over 80% of Americans are now protected from COVID-19 through vaccination or recovery from the virus
Daily Mail UK ^ | 7:03 EDT, 2 September 2021 | Betsy Ladyzhets (real name)

Posted on 09/03/2021 7:42:15 AM PDT by BusterDog

About 83 percent of the U.S. population ages 16 and up has some degree of immunity to the coronavirus from vaccination or prior infection, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study estimates.

Based on antibody levels in about 1.4 million patients' blood samples, CDC researchers estimated that 20 percent of Americans have immunity from prior infection - though the number varies by age and other demographics. The other 60 per cent have received a shot which confers similar immunity.

Experts previously cited 70 to 80 percent protection as a goal for herd immunity, but now many say we need more vaccinations and boosters to protect against the super-contagious Indian 'Delta' variant.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cdc; covid19; covid1984; herdimmunity; immunity
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1 posted on 09/03/2021 7:42:15 AM PDT by BusterDog
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To: BusterDog

How do they say this when there is clear evidence that the vaccinated remain vulnerable to the new variants?


2 posted on 09/03/2021 7:43:41 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: BusterDog

Not getting my flu shot this year, since flu was eradicated last year.../sarc


3 posted on 09/03/2021 7:44:19 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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To: BusterDog

Should be, IF we survivors were given credit!

But usually in every way, survivors are ignored. As if to give the impression everyone dies from COVID.


4 posted on 09/03/2021 7:44:48 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: BusterDog

But what will we use for an obedience/loyalty test now?!?


5 posted on 09/03/2021 7:45:15 AM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: volunbeer

Coronaviruses and the flu mutate and circle the globe forever.
Covid will never be N=0.

It’s akin to saying we should have herd immunity from the common cold.


6 posted on 09/03/2021 7:45:20 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: BusterDog

Active cases is near an all-time high (about 8.2 million, and the high last summer was around 8.9 million,) but the number of new cases are leveling out. The death rate is about a third of what it was last summer.


7 posted on 09/03/2021 7:45:53 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: BusterDog

83%, we should see new infection numbers dropping, CDC chart seems to indicate a leveling off, but seriously, what ever happened to “herd” immunity? https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases


8 posted on 09/03/2021 7:48:00 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: BusterDog

Well, time to move the goalposts again.


9 posted on 09/03/2021 7:48:59 AM PDT by glennaro (Dennis Prager: "Until it's safe" means "Never")
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To: BusterDog

There is no indication the bioweapon will slow down come the fall. There is simply too many sick people in America via age, diet, obesity, etc. Fall will bring more deaths and more government. That is the nature of both. Lose weight, exercise, and take care of your families.


10 posted on 09/03/2021 7:52:13 AM PDT by Theoria
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To: BusterDog

How can you report this when the numbers are still increasing?!


11 posted on 09/03/2021 7:52:21 AM PDT by Skywise
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IMHO the vaccines are delaying herd immunity. We should have concentrated on treatments. Now we are getting leaky vaccines and viral variants.

The Jab will not keep you from getting or spreading the disease.

That’s because they are not vaccines.


12 posted on 09/03/2021 7:52:22 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: EEGator

Virus is going to virus

Big pharma and their CDC cheerleader are going to make $$$$$

The left is going to push fear for the next election

The sun will rise in the East

Water is wet


13 posted on 09/03/2021 7:54:01 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: BusterDog

How can anyone believe ANYTHING the corrupt commie CDC says? When was the last time they got anything right? And let’s not forget that it was the stinking CDC who prevented the Afghanistan service dogs from being able to be on the flight provided for them on the pretense that they weren’t vaccinated for rabies. They could easily have been quarantined in an isolated area for 10 days after arrival. Yet it’s OK to bring tens of thousands of filthy disease-carrying Afghans over here, right into the midst of populated areas, and it’s OK to have open borders allowing disease-ridden filthy savages to come into our country unfettered—and the stinking commie Dims actually fly and bus them all over our country, the better to infect all of us.


14 posted on 09/03/2021 7:54:22 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Dr. Pritchett

Coming soon to an establishment near you:

“No whites allowed.”


15 posted on 09/03/2021 7:56:22 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Skywise

“How can you report this when the numbers are still increasing?!”

Because “protected” vaccinated people are a lot of the cases now. But supposedly that’s OK because, ‘vaccinated’.


16 posted on 09/03/2021 7:59:50 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: BusterDog

I keep hoping the US is on the verge of a stampede to flatten those who want our country to attain 3rd world status. Stampedes are herd activities.


17 posted on 09/03/2021 8:00:00 AM PDT by stevem
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To: BusterDog

Dr. Fauci was heard to mutter in response: “Over my dead body!”


18 posted on 09/03/2021 8:00:13 AM PDT by lee martell
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Not a Chance, just look at Israel and the UK, did they achieve Herd Immunity with an 80% plus Vaccination Rate???


19 posted on 09/03/2021 8:00:43 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: BusterDog

Hey, let’s celebrate! Boosters all around, on the house!


20 posted on 09/03/2021 8:01:48 AM PDT by LIConFem (Read up on Russia's Oct, 1917 Revolution... And prepare.)
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