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Herd Immunity

covid-19 July 13, 2021

Why More Vaccine Holdouts Are Getting ShotsA new survey found that 21 percent of adults who got the vaccine were initially on the fence.

By Paola Rosa-Aquino
covid-19 May 27, 2021

Lotteries, Doughnuts, Joints: The Weird Incentives to Get People VaccinatedThe nation’s drive toward herd immunity gets creative.

By Paola Rosa-Aquino
covid-19 vaccine Apr. 23, 2021

Ron Johnson Makes Dangerously Ignorant Comments on VaccinesThe Wisconsin senator’s yahooism now includes waving off the community benefits of COVID vaccination.

By Ed Kilgore
covid-19 Feb. 24, 2021

9 Reasons to Believe the Worst of the Pandemic Is OverThe good news is really starting to roll in. (Though there are also a few reasons for caution.)

By Chas Danner
herd immunity Dec. 16, 2020

Trump Appointee Reportedly Pushed for Herd Immunity: ‘We Want Them Infected’While the HHS secretary has said “herd immunity is not” U.S. COVID strategy,” two influential advisers reportedly recommended the disastrous policy.

By Matt Stieb
covid-19 Oct. 12, 2020

The Third Wave of the Pandemic Is HereThe coronavirus is once again gaining ground, with no end — or plan — in sight.

By David Wallace-Wells
coronavirus Sept. 15, 2020

Trump Says COVID-19 Will ‘Go Away’ Thanks to a ‘Herd Mentality’“You’ll develop like a herd mentality,” he said, describing one way out of the pandemic. “It’s going to be herd-developed and that’s going to happen.”

By Matt Stieb
covid-19 Aug. 9, 2020

The Good (But Not Great) News About T-Cells and Herd ImmunityTwo areas of research offer tentative hope that meaningful natural protection from COVID-19 may come sooner than expected.

By David Wallace-Wells