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Herd immunity was sold as the path out of the pandemic. Here's why we're not talking about it any more

  • Written by Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Early in the pandemic, the term “herd immunity” hit the headlines, along with a polarised discussion on how to achieve it.

Some groups were attached to the now-discredited notion of letting a dangerous virus rip through the population to reach the critical level of population immunity needed to reduce transmission.

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