Protecting the herd with vaccination

Science. 2022 Mar 11;375(6585):1088-1089. doi: 10.1126/science.abo2959. Epub 2022 Mar 10.

Authors

Natalie E Dean¹, M Elizabeth Halloran^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

PMID: 35271331
DOI: 10.1126/science.abo2959

Abstract

How much do COVID-19 vaccines reduce transmission? The answer is a moving target.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Humans
Immunity, Herd* / immunology
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination / veterinary

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines

Grants and funding

R01 AI139761/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States