Herd immunity, lockdowns and COVID-19

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31 December 2020 : Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) : Herd immunity, lockdowns and COVID-19 #in_retrospect
▻https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/herd-immunity-lockdowns-and-covid-19

Attempts to reach ‘herd immunity’ through exposing people to a virus are scientifically problematic and unethical. Letting COVID-19 spread through populations, of any age or health status will lead to unnecessary infections, suffering and death.
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Finally, while most infected people get mild or moderate forms of COVID-19 and some experience no disease, many become seriously ill and must be admitted into hospital. We are only beginning to understand the long-term health impacts among people who have had COVID-19, including what is being described as ‘Long COVID.’ WHO is working with clinicians and patient groups to better understand the long term effects of COVID-19.

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WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 12 October 2020
▻https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---12-o
There has been some discussion recently about the concept of reaching so-called “herd immunity” by letting the virus spread.
Herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a certain virus if a threshold of vaccination is reached.
For example, herd immunity against measles requires about 95% of a population to be vaccinated. The remaining 5% will be protected by the fact that measles will not spread among those who are vaccinated.
For polio, the threshold is about 80%.
In other words, herd immunity is achieved by protecting people from a virus, not by exposing them to it.
Never in the history of public health has herd immunity been used as a strategy for responding to an outbreak, let alone a pandemic. It is scientifically and ethically problematic.

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Mais on continue la même merde.

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