Your Local Epidemiologist

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Source: Pharmaceutical Technology The >90% efficacy above referred to efficacy against symptomatic infection. for two reasons: the vaccines have high (but not perfect) efficacy, and people are unlikely to encounter those diseases in the first place due to herd immunity from vaccination. Enter the COVID vaccines.

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Gideon

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Delta variant may be dashing the world’s hope of reaching herd immunity since vaccinated individuals can spread the virus as much as the uninfected. This insight makes it more urgent for each individual to get vaccinated and not count on herd immunity or immunity from prior infections to protect them.

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HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 7, 2025

For Rosen, that outbreak highlighted the importance of prompt vaccination and achieving herd immunity, which refers to the percentage of immunized people needed to ensure that a disease cant spread widely in a community. Its a concern for the rest of the state as well. Only 81.2%

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KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third edition. But remember, going back to what’s public health, the power of vaccines is in herd immunity effect.

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