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Herd immunity requires larger number of vaccinations

Dear Doctor: Ever since the pandemic started, people have been talking about “herd immunity” and how they see it happening. Sometimes it doesn’t even seem like they’re talking about the same idea. What is herd immunity? Has it ever happened? Will we reach it with the novel coronavirus?

Dear Reader: Herd immunity is the protective effect that occurs when enough of a population is resistant to a cont…

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