Can You Stop an Outbreak of a Contagious Disease? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/12/upshot/measles-herd-immunity-explainer.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U4.b0Tt.jt5IQspZVfkq&smid=nytcore-android-share #HERDIMMUNITY #VACCINATION #PUBLICHEALTH

Remember #HerdImmunity Remember the #R0 number? We talked about these during the COVID pandemic. #measles is really infectious, R0=12-18 meaning one infected person can infect 12-18 people. To contain infections in the population 95% need to be vaccinated to get herd immunity. See picture on how herd immunity works. Even a small decrease in measles vaccinations will revert herd immunity. That is what is happening in the US.

Protect yourself and others from serious illnesses like diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. Get vaccinated and help prevent outbreaks. Learn more here.
https://gist.github.com/mrmedonlinepharmacy/6b13b97c6da08fed220a1b340791334b

T**** has a named an #antivaxer "#HerdImmunity" advocate to run the NIH.

"HERD IMMUNITY" refers to "enough immune people existing to prevent the spread of a disease." If catching a disease does not give you immunity, PEOPLE MUST BE VACCINATED FOR IT TO WORK!

I CAUGHT #COVID TWICE. Catching it the 1st time didn't give me immunity.

The very idea that the person leading the NIH might not understand this is horrifying. #WeAreSoScrewed #DisasterPresidency
https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-sheer-panic-infectious-disease-experts-worry-over-trump-s-dangerous-public-health-leader-picks-225699397517

“Is vaccine-induced immunity better than immunity from infection?

Vaccine-induced immunity is better because it’s safer. When you get infected with COVID, symptoms from the infection wreak havoc on your body. Whether or not you’ve been infected or vaccinated previously, the COVID booster is going to strengthen your immune responses to high levels and do so in a safe way.

Can I still get COVID if I’m vaccinated?

People who are vaccinated can still get COVID, but it is much more likely they will experience mild symptoms. Vaccinated people are much less likely to experience severe illness or get so sick that they need to be hospitalized. Data continue to show that those who are hospitalized with COVID are largely people who have not received a COVID vaccine within the past 12 months.

Particularly for people at higher risk of severe COVID, vaccination is an essential tool for reducing COVID complications, hospitalization, and death.

Can you get the flu shot and the COVID vaccine at the same time?

Yes! In fact, studies have shown that people who decide to spread out their vaccines into separate appointments often don’t follow through with getting both. We’ve also seen that the immune response generated by each vaccine does not change based on whether they are administered at the same time or separately.

It’s important to remember that many of the same populations at high risk of experiencing severe illness from COVID are also at high risk of severe influenza. Especially for these vulnerable populations, it’s a good idea to time your vaccines together.”

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/what-to-know-about-updated-covid-vaccines-for-2024-25

When even MarketWatch got it right (note the date... )

"Doctors and scientists take aim at herd immunity, calling it ‘nonsense’ and a ‘nebulous’ idea

Experts say the case for herd immunity is more about a longing for economic normalcy than a realistic plan for the future

By Jaimy Lee

Published: Oct. 19, 2020"

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/critics-take-aim-at-herd-immunity-calling-it-nonsense-and-a-nebulous-idea-2020-10-16

Disgraced infectious disease “expert” Anders Tegnell was and is a fraud. He’s also a threat to public health.

I see he has now written a book and is trying to revive his reputation by use of gaslighting.
#Sweden #covid #herdImmunity https://search.app/x1L9pub9y9ESD5md8

Well at least I finally found the herd immunity.

Alas, ironically and sadly, it was found amongst the Republican appointees to the Supreme Court of the United States, following, like a flock of sheep, their right-wing masters' orders to give legal immunity to the President.

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/does-the-public-understand-that-variant

Winter 2021-22 was a wave of mass death of the exact kind we’d tried to avoid. We saw thousands of people dying per day, while the good folks at the New York Times continued to cover it as no big deal and even spin it as a positive. It was the point at which many vulnerable people, being reassured that with the vaccines and the “mild” strain circulating (Omicron, which was later shown to be no milder than the original Wuhan strain), were exposed to COVID for the first time. Some of them paid for the mistake of believing our government with their lives.

Cybersecurity via #HerdImmunity and shared defense.
https://solutionsreview.com/security-information-event-management/supplier-collective-defense-a-new-approach-to-cybersecurity/
HT @BlueTeamJK

Measles is highly contagious, but vaccine-preventable: A primer on recent outbreaks, transmission, symptoms and complications, including ‘immune amnesia’
#Health #Measles #Vaccines #HerdImmunity #MMRVaccine #MeaslesOutbreaks #MeaslesOutbreak #VaccineAwareness #ImmuneAmnesia
https://the-14.com/measles-is-highly-contagious-but-vaccine-preventable-a-primer-on-recent-outbreaks-transmission-symptoms-and-complications-including-immune-amnesia/