This is the third and final post about COVID-19 herd immunity for now. We focus on North America, although what we write should apply equally in other mature economies. Living in the free world has many benefits. However, freedom of choice unfortunately implies a bleak hope for herd immunity in our nations.
Mayo Clinic Confirms a Bleak Hope for Herd Immunity
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit academic U.S. medical center, integrating health care, education, and research. It coordinates efforts of over 4,500 scientists and physicians, plus a further 58,400 administrative and allied health staff.
Mayo doubts whether herd immunity for COVID is feasible, despite increasing volumes of vaccinations and infections. This therefore drives them in the direction of slowing down transmission, in order to buy time for better medical solutions.
How You and We Can Slow COVID Transmission
Every successful COVID transmission involves two people. One already has the infection, but behaves in a way that releases it to the air. The other does not take adequate precautions to block the infection, and so it enters their body. What happens next depends on their level of immunity.
We need to manage this process better at individual level, if we are to slow COVID transmission during this time of bleak hope for herd immunity. There are three ways we could help achieve this:
1… Broaden the base of vaccinated people in innovative ways that reach out to the underlying causes of vaccine hesitancy.
2… Continue to develop post-infection medication and naturo-pathic treatments to reduce the effect of severe infections.
3… Take reasonable steps to avoid catching the infection ourselves, and unintentionally passing it on to other people.
These steps should help us cope better with the post-pandemic phase of COVID. Meanwhile we continue to hope for eventual herd immunity since that’s our best solution.
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