Herd Immunity -- Facts and Numbers

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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: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31924-3/fulltext Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sabine The paper about herd immunity suggesting 40% is this: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6505/846 The one with the even lower estimate is this: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.27.20081893v3 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: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.16.20194787v1.full.pdf You find the Great Barrington Declaration here: https://gbdeclaration.org/ The pieces from the Guardian I mention are here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/18/covid-herd-immunity-funding-bad-science-anti-lockdown https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/11/the-rebel-scientists-cause-would-be-more-persuasive-if-it-werent-so-half-baked The one in the Lancet is this: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32167-X/fulltext Sound: zapsplat.com #science #education #covid 0:00 Intro 0:21 What is herd immunity? 1:28 When do we reach herd immunity? Simple Answer.

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