Informative Twitter thread on “herd immunity” vs eradication re COVID-19
Adam Kucharski on Twitter: “I’ve noticed people sometimes use ‘herd immunity’ to mean ‘pathogen fades to zero and stays there’ rather than the technical definition (i.e. R drops below 1 because of accumulated immunity, without NPIs). Why is the distinction important? ….”
(tags: immunity herd-immunity eradication covid-19 sars-cov-2 epidemiology epidemics pandemics r-value)