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Doctors reject ‘herd immunity’ strategy for coronavirus control
You have permission to edit this article.This article has been corrected to adjust a mathematical error.MADISON (WKOW) -- We are on the cusp of 200,000 people across the country being infected with the coronavirus every day.But does that mean we'll have herd immunity soon?Dr Jeff Pothof with UW Health says, probably not."It can mitigate disease," he said. "It's usually not your best strategy, especially if a disease has a lot of morbidity and mortality."Herd immunity is the idea that if there are more people who have a disease than those who don't, the natural immunity you build up will...…You have permission to edit this article.This article has been corrected to adjust a mathematical error.MADISON (WKOW) -- We are on the cusp of 200,000 people across the country being infected with the coronavirus every day.But does that mean we'll have herd immunity soon?Dr Jeff Pothof with UW Health says, probably not."It can mitigate disease," he said. "It's usually not your best strategy, especially if a disease has a lot of morbidity and mortality."Herd immunity is the idea that if there are more people who have a disease than those who don't, the natural immunity you build up will...WW…
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