ANALYSIS: Pundits want to see New Zealand ditch its elimination goal in favour of a Sweden-style herd immunity strategy. The counterfactualWiles says anti-elimination advocates haven't done the work to vet the counterfactual - what would life look like in New Zealand if we went the herd immunity way instead? Lockdown sceptics insist there is a better way to go about introducing Covid-19 to New Zealand, with one goal in mind: herd immunity. Without a vaccine, reaching 60 per cent herd immunity would require infecting 60 per cent of the population. Experts are increasingly doubtful that herd immunity can be achieved without a vaccine.

Source: Stuff August 17, 2020 20:48 UTC