herd immunity
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Introduction
Diminished risk of disease (perceived immunity) from living among others (the herd) that do not have the disease, most popularly as a result of previous infection or vaccination, going so far as to predict that the level of vaccination needed to achieve herd immunity varies by disease but ranges from 83-94%. Not true immunity.
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- ↑ Google's English dictionary is provided by Oxford Languages.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Herd immunity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity
- ↑ Jones D, Helmreich S A history of herd immunity. The Lancet. September 19, 2020 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32950081 PMCID: PMC7498207 Free PMC article https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31924-3/fulltext