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Re: Coronavirus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-54505193 @18:21
Quote:
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has spoken out against supporters of a 'herd immunity' approach to the pandemic.
Herd immunity occurs when a large portion of a community becomes immune to a disease - thereby breaking transmission and protecting those who are not immune.
It can be reached through vaccines, or when a sufficient number of people have recovered from a disease and developed resistance to future infection - or both.
Since no peer-approved coronavirus vaccine exists, some have argued for herd immunity by allowing the virus to spread.
But at a news conference, WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus called this "scientifically and ethnically problematic".
He added that the long-term impacts of coronavirus are still unknown, and it is not clear how strong or lasting people's immune response can be.
"Letting Covid-19 circulate unchecked therefore means allowing unnecessary infections, suffering and death," said Dr Ghebreyesus.
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I think he meant "ethically" rather than "ethnically"...
Update - he did (it must be a typo on the BBC website).
https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus...oblematic.html
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