Laura Bronner on Twitter: "What is herd immunity? How does it work? Why do you get overshoot? And why does everything depend on whether you get *sustained immunity* after recovering? @KaleighRogers, @juruwolfe and I created a fake (and very simple) disease, Fictionitis, to show you: https://t.co/SNL39Flhkd… https://t.co/ddZQCikoe6"

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What is herd immunity? How does it work? Why do you get overshoot? And why does everything depend on whether you get *sustained immunity* after recovering? @KaleighRogers, @juruwolfe and I created a fake (and very simple) disease, Fictionitis, to show you: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/without-a-vaccine-herd-immunity-wont-save-us/ …pic.twitter.com/RYnZ5Acp2h

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1. RyShow‏ @RyShow85 May 13
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  Fictionitis is very real and has quickly infected a third of the country
  
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1. George Thomas‏ @FordPrefect747 May 13
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  Excellent article. Very readable and easy to understand.
  
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1. mcbc‏ @mcbc May 13
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  Yo. This is super dope, helpful, impressive and informative. Thank you. bcc: @NateSilver538 @FiveThirtyEight
  
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1. John Delaney‏ @j_delanes May 13
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  Missed opportunity to call it Pretendinitis http://officepranks.blogspot.com/2007/02/pretendinitis-blank.html?m=1 …
  
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1. Cody‏ @codnacho May 13
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  Very interesting read. Thank you for this visualization tool!
  
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1. Brian O'Sullivan‏ @bosullivan00 May 13
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  I was really sick earlier this year and now that you mention it, I think it was fictionitis
  
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