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- Dutch President Announces Herd Immunity Strategy Against the Corona Virus https://www.government.nl/documents/speeches/2020/03/16/television-address-by-prime-minister-mark-rutte-of-the-netherlands 9 comments
- 60% of UK population need to become infected so country can build herd immunity https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-herd-immunity-uk-nhs-outbreak-pandemic-government-a9399101.html 4 comments
- White House Cites Herd-Immunity Petition Signed by Fake Experts Including ‘Dr. Johnny Bananas’ https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-cites-herd-immunity-petition-signed-by-fake-experts-including-dr-johnny-bananas?source=cheats&via=rss 3 comments politics
- Xi Warns Against ‘Herd Immunity,’ Vows to Stick With Covid Zero https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-29/covid-zero-policy-most-economic-effective-for-china-xi-says 12 comments worldnews
- Health officials said to believe Israel can reach herd immunity within 2 months https://www.timesofisrael.com/health-officials-said-to-believe-israel-can-reach-herd-immunity-within-2-months/ 5 comments worldnews
- Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-heard-immunity-vaccine.html/ 336 comments politics
- With millions of cases, has India achieved herd immunity? https://nationalpost.com/news/world/with-millions-of-cases-has-india-achieved-herd-immunity 6 comments india
- Herd immunity may not be achievable even with high vaccine uptake https://www.uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/herd-immunity-may-not-be-achievable-even-with-high-vaccine-uptake 16 comments europe
- Should the US Pay People to Take COVID-19 Vaccine to Reach Herd Immunity? https://www.newsweek.com/should-us-pay-people-take-covid-19-vaccine-reach-herd-immunity-1554673 45 comments politics
- How Do We Get to Herd Immunity for Fake News? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/opinion/trump-voter-fraud-education.html?action=click&module=opinion&pgtype=homepage 63 comments politics
- Sweden: No signs that herd immunity is slowing down the virus https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-herd-immunity-covid-cases-b1761477.html 12 comments worldnews
- Sweden's herd immunity hopes dashed by second coronavirus wave https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-herd-immunity-second-wave-coronavirus-cases-hospitalisations-surge-2020-11 38 comments politics
- Swedish surge in Covid cases dashes hopes of herd immunity https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/12/covid-infections-in-sweden-surge-dashing-hopes-of-herd-immunity?cmp=share_btn_tw 246 comments worldnews
- Experts wonder and warn: Is Florida the nation’s test case for COVID-19 herd immunity? https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article246877562.html 23 comments politics
- The false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02948-4 18 comments worldnews
- Herd immunity strategy endorsed by White House a 'ridiculous' way to stop COVID, say scientists — it will just kill people https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/10/14/herd-immunity-scientists-say-trump-endorsed-covid-strategy-deadly/3655134001/ 185 comments politics
- Critics Blast Controversial Declaration in Favor of Herd Immunity https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/939147?src=mkm_covid_update_201014_mscpedit_&uac=168522fv&impid=2619934&faf=1 4 comments science
- Letting COVID-19 spread to achieve herd immunity is "unethical," WHO chief says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-herd-immunity-unethical-world-health-organization/#app 7 comments politics
- Transmission dynamics reveal the impracticality of COVID-19 herd immunity strategies: Herd immunity an impractical strategy, study finds https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/21/2008087117 38 comments science
- Trump floats 'herd mentality' coronavirus strategy — instead of immunity — and again insists the disease will disappear https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-town-hall-herd-mentality-instead-of-immunity-coronavirus-strategy-2020-9 3 comments politics
- Trump floats 'herd mentality' coronavirus strategy — instead of immunity — and insists that the disease that has killed nearly 200,000 Americans will disappear https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-town-hall-herd-mentality-instead-of-immunity-coronavirus-strategy-2020-9 81 comments politics
- Herd Immunity Is Not a Strategy | What the term actually means, and what it doesn’t. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/09/herd-immunity-not-strategy/168265/ 38 comments politics
- Trump’s New Favorite COVID Adviser Thinks “Herd Immunity” Is a Good Idea https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/trump-new-favorite-covid-adviser-scott-atlas-thinks-herd-immunity-is-a-good-idea 5 comments politics
- New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-scott-atlas-herd-immunity/2020/08/30/925e68fe-e93b-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.html 4 comments politics
- Sweden defends its COVID strategy even as the mortality rate surpasses the U.S. and herd immunity remains elusive https://fortune.com/2020/07/16/sweden-covid-strategy-herd-immunity-elusive/ 40 comments europe
- Some areas of New York may have herd immunity to COVID-19 https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/some-areas-of-new-york-may-have-herd-immunity-to-covid-19-20200710-p55avm.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world 3 comments worldnews
- Major Study Casts Doubt on COVID-19 Herd Immunity After Patient Antibodies Disappear https://www.sciencealert.com/study-suggests-in-some-cases-antibodies-can-disappear-after-mere-weeks 43 comments worldnews
- Spain's coronavirus antibodies study adds evidence against herd immunity https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/06/health/spain-coronavirus-antibody-study-lancet-intl/index.html?__twitter_impression=true 5 comments europe
- Stockholm Won't Reach Herd Immunity In May, Sweden's Chief Epidemiologist Says https://www.npr.org/2020/05/25/861923548/stockholm-wont-reach-herd-immunity-in-may-sweden-s-chief-epidemiologist-says 18 comments worldnews
- Hedge Fund Chief Says It’s Time to Go For Herd Immunity https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/hedge-fund-chief-says-its-time-to-go-for-herd-immunity 57 comments politics
- Sweden is still nowhere near 'herd immunity,' even though it didn't go into lockdown https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/21/health/sweden-herd-immunity-coronavirus-intl/index.html 1358 comments worldnews
- A new Swedish coronavirus antibody study shows the herd immunity strategy isn't working https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-antibody-study-suggests-sweden-not-reaching-herd-immunity-2020-5?r=us&ir=t 157 comments worldnews
- Whistleblower unloads on Trump admin, 'brutal' herd immunity and global graffiti tributes https://www.nbcnews.com/news/morning-briefing/whistleblower-unloads-trump-admin-brutal-herd-immunity-global-graffiti-tributes-n1207701 18 comments politics
- What the Proponents of ‘Natural’ Herd Immunity Don’t Say | Try to reach it without a vaccine, and millions will die. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html?action=click&module=opinion&pgtype=homepage 3 comments politics
- Sweden resisted a lockdown, and its capital Stockholm is expected to reach ‘herd immunity’ in weeks https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/22/no-lockdown-in-sweden-but-stockholm-could-see-herd-immunity-in-weeks.html 37 comments worldnews
- Sweden, heavily criticized for it's non-lockdown strategy, may reach herd immunity in it's capital as soon as May, state epidemiologist says https://emanuelkarlsten.se/04/tegnell-jag-tror-vi-uppnar-flockimmunitet-innan-vaccin/ 66 comments worldnews
- ‘Herd immunity’ is not our policy, says UK’s health secretary https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/herd-immunity-is-not-our-policy-says-uk-s-health-secretary-1.4203637 19 comments worldnews
- British government wants UK to acquire coronavirus 'herd immunity', writes Robert Peston https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-12/british-government-wants-uk-to-acquire-coronavirus-herd-immunity-writes-robert-peston/ 30 comments europe
- HPV vaccine has significantly cut rates of cancer-causing infections, finds a new analysis across 14 countries (n = 60 million people, over 8 years) which suggests that vaccinating girls and young women can also protect boys and men, thanks to herd immunity. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2207722-hpv-vaccine-has-significantly-cut-rates-of-cancer-causing-infections/ 4 comments science
- Herd Immunity Likely Protected the Men who have Sex with Men in Recent Hepatitis A Outbreak in San Diego CA https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciy592/5059685 10 comments science