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I read a lot about herd immunity lately and thought that some of you might be interested, too, in a brief summary.
Correction to what I say at 49 secs. Herd immunity was not first observed on sheep, the phrase was first used referring to sheep. See:
www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
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The paper about herd immunity suggesting 40% is this:
science.sciencemag.org/conten...
The one with the even lower estimate is this:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.11...
Please remember that these are models, and these are the very optimistic end. The more conservative estimate is about 60-70%.
The paper about the blood donation study in Manaus is this:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.11...
You find the Great Barrington Declaration here:
gbdeclaration.org/
The pieces from the Guardian I mention are here:
www.theguardian.com/commentis...
www.theguardian.com/commentis...
The one in the Lancet is this:
www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
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0:00 Intro
0:21 What is herd immunity?
1:28 When do we reach herd immunity? Simple Answer.
3:33 When do we reach herd immunity? Complicated Answer.
5:40 What do the data say?
10:52 Fact Summary.
11:14 The Great Barrington Declaration
13:24 Why am I telling you this?