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I heard that amsterdam is practicing herd immunity. would herd immunity work in my community?
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Need 60-70% immune: Herd immunity us not a practice, it is a concept which suggests that if more than 60% if the population are immune to the virus, either recovered or vaccinated, virus spread will probably be halted. As of now, there is No community who had reached this goal
Answered 5/12/2020
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COVID 19: First, it would need to be shown that significant immunity can be achieved through infection with COVID 19. Secondly, since this is a novel virus, many, many people would likely die before most people in a society become immune.
Answered 5/16/2020
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