The false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19

Nature. 2020 Nov;587(7832):26-28. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02948-4.
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Keywords: Diseases; Epidemiology; Immunology; SARS-CoV-2.

MeSH terms

  • Basic Reproduction Number
  • Betacoronavirus / immunology*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / immunology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / mortality
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Health Policy
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Herd / immunology*
  • Models, Immunological
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / immunology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Policy Making
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Social Isolation
  • Sweden / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Viral Vaccines / immunology

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Viral Vaccines