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Collective immunity: why some believe it could end the coronavirus pandemic

   April 23, 2020
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   As the coronavirus pandemic spreads worldwide, doctors, scientists and
   heads of government have said that once collective immunity is
   achieved, the spread of the virus will be less threatening. Collective
   immunity is reached when the majority of a given population – 70 to 90%
   – becomes immune to an infectious disease, either because they become
   infected and have recovered, or through vaccination. When this happens,
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   There are only two ways to get there: generalized vaccination, which
   for Covid-19 is still several months away, or generalized infections
   which lead to immunity.

   Most doctors and experts agree that allowing Covid-19 to plow people
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   Most doctors and experts agree that allowing Covid-19 to plow people
   could help achieve collective immunity faster, but it would also
   overwhelm hospitals. More and more people are dying, not only from
   coronavirus, but from other infections. That’s why we’re all stuck at
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   home – we flatten the curve.
   This graphic from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
   Diseases explains the concept of collective immunity. This graphic from
   the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases explains the
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   the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases explains the
   concept of collective immunity.

   “The advantage of expanding the number of cases is that we will not
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   University Medical, told CNN. School. Michael Smerconish in March.

   Then there is the problem that we don’t really know how immunity works
   with this virus.

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   pre-published results, in which some people will develop an immune
   response,” said Van Kerkhove. “We don’t know if that actually confers
   immunity, which means they are fully protected. “

   A vaccine is a better answer, she added. “I mean, recently we had over
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   Although catching Covid-19 once makes people immune to future
   infection, the United States has not had enough cases to come close to
   generalized immunity.

   “The level of people who have been infected, I don’t expect it to reach
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   As a vaccine has not yet been created for the new coronavirus, some
   have argued that nations should give up closures altogether and try to
   achieve collective immunity by keeping the vulnerable inside while
   allowing others to live their normal lives – and be infected.

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   Restaurants, schools and playgrounds in the Scandinavian country are
   open. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde has said that she does not
   follow the theory of collective immunity, but rather relies on its
   citizens to make them willingly responsible for preventing the spread
   of the coronavirus.
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   Sweden challenges Trump - and mainstream science - by refusing to lock

   But Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said that collective
   immunity could be reached in the national capital, Stockholm, in a few
   weeks.

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   “In most parts of Sweden, around Stockholm, we have reached a plateau
   (in new cases) and we are already seeing the effects of collective
   immunity and in a few weeks we will see even more,” Tegnell said. said
   in an interview with CNBC.

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   the coronavirus can help public health officials determine which part
   of the population has been infected and, in theory anyway, has least
   some immunity to the virus, said Caroline Buckee, associate professor
   of epidemiology at Harvard TH’s Chan School of Public Health.

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