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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by pip08456
It certainly is and puts forward a lot of what OB has said.
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It was in answer to a specific question about how close were we to herd immunity, rather than "should we go for herd immunity?"...
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Q: How close we are to achieving herd immunity?
A: To achieve herd immunity we need 60-70% of the population to carry antibodies to the virus. The results of antibody tests suggest that in Europe and the US, in general, we are in the low single digits, but the tests are not reliable all of them have problems with false positives and herd immunity is also not the whole story. It assumes complete mixing of the population, but there are reasons in part to do with the social networks people form why the whole population may not be available for infection at any given time. Networks shift, and new people are exposed to the virus. Such effects can drive waves of infection. Another factor that could impact herd immunity is whether other coronaviruses those that cause the common cold, for example offer protection to this one. We dont know, but its possible.
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