Can herd immunity be the answer to stopping COVID-19?
Herd immunity is community or group protection that happens
when a critical number of the population is immune to a certain
disease. It can help stop or slow the spread of an infectious
disease like measles or swine flu.?
The safest way to get immunity is through vaccination. You can
also get natural immunity by contracting the illness and building
an immune response to it.?
Herd immunity isn’t the answer to stopping the spread of
SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Once a vaccine is developed for this virus, establishing herd
immunity is one way to help protect people in the community.
