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The false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19

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  • Christie Aschwanden

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Why proposals to largely let the virus run its course — embraced by Donald Trump’s administration and others — could bring “untold death and suffering”.

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  • Christie Aschwanden, 2020. "The false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19," Nature, Nature, vol. 587(7832), pages 26-28, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:587:y:2020:i:7832:d:10.1038_d41586-020-02948-4
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02948-4
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    2. Goggins, Sydney, 2024. "Discursive trends in New York Times coverage of Evusheld access: A case study in the social production of ignorance," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 349(C).
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    6. Carlo Signorelli & Alberto Zucchi & Carlo Alberto Tersalvi & Roberta Ciampichini & Elvira Beato & Federica Balzarini & Anna Odone & John Middleton, 2020. "High seroprevalence of SARS_COV-2 in Bergamo: evidence for herd immunity or reason to be cautious?," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 65(9), pages 1815-1817, December.
    7. Sylwia Krzysztofowicz & Katarzyna Osińska-Skotak, 2021. "The Use of GIS Technology to Optimize COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: A Case Study of the City of Warsaw, Poland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-22, May.
    8. Nele Brusselaers & David Steadson & Kelly Bjorklund & Sofia Breland & Jens Stilhoff Sörensen & Andrew Ewing & Sigurd Bergmann & Gunnar Steineck, 2022. "Evaluation of science advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-17, December.
    9. Mario Coccia, 2023. "COVID-19 Vaccination is not a Sufficient Public Policy to face Crisis Management of next Pandemic Threats," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 1353-1367, December.

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