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    Collective immunity: WHO does not plan to let Covid-19 circulate freely

   2020-10-13T06:39:17.317Z
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   For the World Health Organization (WHO), the free circulation of
   Covid-19 is not a possible option in order to achieve collective
   immunity.

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   "Never in the history of public health has collective immunity been
   used as a strategy to respond to an epidemic, and even less to a
   pandemic. It is scientifically and ethically problematic", declared
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   Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for his part. .

   He also explained that the world did not know enough about the immunity
   enjoyed by people who contracted Covid-19, pointing out that some
   individuals have been newly infected.
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   explains.

   He underlined that the concept of collective immunity is used in
   vaccination campaigns and he recalled that for smallpox it is necessary
   that 95% of the population be vaccinated so that the remaining 5% are
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   Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged that "there have been
   discussions about the concept of achieving so-called collective
   immunity by letting the virus spread."

   Thus, in several countries, a certain part of the population, such as
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   their repeal.

   But "collective immunity is obtained by protecting people against a
   virus, and not by exposing them to it", hammered the head of the UN
   agency.
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