An important factor in achieving herd immunity against SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is is how long the vaccines protect you.
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As the Delta variant continues its global surge, experts are questioning whether the long-held goal of achieving herd immunity from COVID-19 through vaccination is still viable.
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With a highly contagious COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly across the U.S., herd immunity—once heralded to be the way out of the pandemic—may no longer be a possibility, several Northeastern experts say.
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In public health, an important goal of vaccination and immunization is to reach population or herd immunity. This is why the term comes up often in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. And it helps to be clear about what it ...
Aug 12, 2021
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(HealthDay)—COVID-19 vaccines are helping protect the unvaccinated as the new Delta strain surges across the United States, but experts say its high infectiousness could mean even more people need to take the jab to achieve ...
Aug 4, 2021
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Any notion that COVID-19 was going to last for just a few months was very much misplaced in 2020. Especially after it was recognized that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was largely spread through the airborne route, all indications ...
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New modelling from James Cook University scientists shows Australia needs to vaccinate at least 85 percent of the population to achieve herd immunity.
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The first phase of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's four-stage "pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic", announced on Friday, focuses on vaccinating as many Australians as possible, while halving the cap on international arrivals.
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines applied in national vaccination programs protect against most cancers associated with oncogenic, high-risk (hr) HPV types. Two recent studies demonstrate the impact of gender-neutral HPV ...
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When people say that we won't reach "herd immunity" to COVID-19, they are usually referring to an ideal of "full" population immunity: when so many people are immune that, most of the time, there is no community transmission.
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