The World Health Organisation has shunned herd immunity, and remarks from global scientists leave little doubt as to why the global agency has taken this stand. This included the UK which was forced to abandon its initial plan to employ herd immunity. The Netherlands too had appeared to fancy herd immunity. These include an article by the National Geographic dated March 20 and titled: The UK backed off on herd immunity. And with a conservative one per cent fatality rate, going by world trends, 280,000 Kenyans could die if herd immunity is adopted.

Source: Standard Digital April 05, 2020 21:00 UTC