Your Local Epidemiologist

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Problem #1: Expectation management On June 30, 2020, the FDA released guidance on what standards COVID vaccines must meet to gain FDA authorization: 50% efficacy. Better than we dared to hope Then, in late 2020, expectations were blown out of the water. And we didn’t have herd immunity. Enter the COVID vaccines.

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Gideon

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Delta Variant is a Different Beast; Natural Immunity Needs All the Help it Can Get. variant, or Delta, is significantly more contagious than the original COVID-19 virus from 2020 and all other existing variants. What Is Herd Immunity? Has An Infectious Disease Ever Been Eradicated By Reaching Herd Immunity?

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Your Local Epidemiologist

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In winter 2020, we were losing ~3,500 people per day. In October 2020, the GBD advocated for a distinct approach: isolate the vulnerable while allowing infections to spread among lower-risk members of the population. And it worked. Take the Great Barrington Declaration.

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The Health Care Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Overall, 76% of Americans express fair or a great deal of confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests (versus 87% in April 2020). Dr. Marty Makary for FDA Commissioner : During the pandemic, he expressed a great deal of sympathy for letting herd immunity work, and opposed vaccine mandates/masking requirements.

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The Hill

DECEMBER 1, 2024

He faced criticism in 2020 for promoting the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. He predicted that herd immunity would happen by April, which did not ultimately come to pass. He co-wrote an open letter in 2020 calling for the rollback of COVID-19 lockdowns and refocusing on vulnerable groups.

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KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

But remember, going back to what’s public health, the power of vaccines is in herd immunity effect. This is a newsletter that is run by Katelyn Jetelina, who back in 2020 started an email. It’s important to keep in mind the majority of adults, around 70%, still say that childhood vaccines are really important.

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