This is largely because ignorant denialists have taken to using herd immunity as shorthand for "back to normal" despite what they describe not resembling herd immunity in any epidemiological sense
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correct
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What the good news about vaccines does mean, however, is we'll never get a straight answer for when "mitigated acquisition of herd immunity through natural infection" is acceptable to those opposed this time - then what if it's bad news for vaccines next pandemic?
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What is the term, then, for NYC staying under 5% despite people living on top of one another, riding in subways, sharing elevators, going to huge weddings and parties, crowding in Central Park? Might it have something to to do with 4-6 weeks of unmitigated spread in the spring?
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No it doesn't
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Only with a vaccine, and not the day after.
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Even the herd-immunity poster-child
#Sweden has lost faith in that nonsense.https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/signs-sweden-has-lost-faith-with-covid-expert-anders-tegnell-as-deaths-rise-20201129-p56iu2.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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