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Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible

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  • Christie Aschwanden

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Even with vaccination efforts in full force, the theoretical threshold for vanquishing COVID-19 looks to be out of reach.

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  • Christie Aschwanden, 2021. "Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible," Nature, Nature, vol. 591(7851), pages 520-522, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:591:y:2021:i:7851:d:10.1038_d41586-021-00728-2
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-00728-2
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