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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 7

    A very important point that is still being missed in the discourse is that herd immunity is NOT A FIXED THRESHOLD Every vaccine dose reduces the rate of COVID-19 spread

    9:55 PM - 7 Jul 2021
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      1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 7

        The difference between 20% immunised and 50% may not be enough to completely prevent outbreaks, but it still substantially reduces the size of them if they do happen

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      1. The Phlegmfighter‏ @phlegmfighter Jul 7
        Replying to @GidMK

        There is no threshold for Herd Immunity without a clear definition of what incidence of the disease is going to be tolerated to declare “herd immunity”. Even with HI, measles occurs in USA. Question is the acceptable rate in which case HI simply means “good enough”

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      1. elsa keith‏ @elsakeith13 Jul 7
        Replying to @GidMK @Vaccineswork21

        Exactly, unfortunately a lot of people don't get it, and politicians are happy for the confusion to be nurtured for their own political purposes.

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      1. Philip Carter‏ @PhilipCarterGP Jul 7
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        100% correct

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      1. Quentin Fry  💉 💉‏ @QuentinFry Jul 7
        Replying to @GidMK

        Correct. But I'd further add that policy stringency should also be aligned with this move along the immunity spectrum. When they're saying we must hit 80% and no time sooner to stop or be less strict in doing what they're doing now, it feels ignored.

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      2. Well-Sapiens (Ralph Einfeldt) 🏊‍♂️ 🚴‍♂️ 🏃‏ @SapiensWell Jul 8
        Replying to @GidMK

        We can currently see in UK that a nearly 90% sero positive population (infection+vaccination) is not enough to stop the spread.

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      3. Mathematiker plädiert für Ruhe und Rationalität‏ @MathematikerRuR Jul 8
        Replying to @SapiensWell @GidMK

        How did you compute the 90%?

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