Meanwhile Sweden, which adopted a herd immunity approach, was “not able to successfully protect the vulnerable population”, he added. We know that all populations will eventually reach herd immunity – i.e. Our goal should therefore be to minimise mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity. Simple hygiene measures, such as hand washing and staying home when sick should be practised by everyone to reduce the herd immunity threshold. “First, we still do not know if herd immunity is possible to achieve.

Source: The Herald October 06, 2020 16:41 UTC