Herd Immunity Not a Realistic Answer to Covid-19: Johns Hopkins

Sep.25 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz discusses the varying effects of coronavirus on different patients, studies on mutations in the virus, and what is to be expected of a successful vaccine. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” The Bloomberg School of Public Health is supported by Michael R. Bloomberg, founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.

[richardgopi]

Just came for comment section and I'm not disappointed.

[InfinityEightplus]

Yes clearly the answer is for the entire world to stay inside wearing hazmat suits until death itself is cured.

[robm]

These guys will do a 180 on November 4th.

[IanPatrickOfficial]

"We think we know, we still don't know, we think we know, wait, we still don't know, " . . If you still don't know, then don't say anything until you unequivocally DO! I'm sick of this back and forth misinformation. . .

[jimmeymcgee]

They are trying say 30%-40% of us are just like Typhoid Mary not buying it! That is very rare to be like her!🤥

[EntirelyObsolete-smrn]

Sure it is. Take the masks off and live life in normalcy again. Let the chips fall where they fall. Where do they think this virus is going to disappear to? I was done wearing a mask after we successfully bent the curve back in April. Why keep extending the inevitable and causing more suffering and permanent damages than the disease was/is ever capable of creating?

[bobthrasher]

Herd immunity appears to be happening at much lower levels of infection than originally expected. This may be to T-cell immunity developed from past coronavirus infections.

[shane]

The conflict of interest these companies have invested in vaccines and other medicines make it hard for me to trust them. Sweden is doing great with herd immunity. Personal responsibility for ones own health is very important, and is all that matter.

[PaulLorenzini-nyyw]

Dear Mike Bloomberg, you can have the vaccine first, you're welcome.

[Padeyed]

Absolutely....herd immunity does not fit the narrative. Never mind the fact that there’s been herd immunity for millions of years. This guy knows better, right?

[SilverSergeant]

This is not journalism. It is fearmongering.

[derekdowns]

Tired of this covid-19 bs and all talk about covid covid and covid and covid enough is enough

[mikeknox]

These tyrants are a walking contradiction

[lulu]

Young and healthy people need to be allowed to live

[bigdog]

First of all, get it right! It's "herd mentality"! I got it straight from the horse's mouth ! Got it?

[slendy]

Rockefellers have their tenticals in every aspect of medicine. But, hey, take their word for it!

[sjcboarder]

Myself and everyone I work with (probably 1000 people or so), all got tested for covid. It was an a-symptomatic test and only 9 people tested positive. All recovered.

[stephanieautry]

Didn't the CDC survival rates were 99.9_% for all ages?
Why are people freaking out about this especially when so many are asymptomatic?

[randyroggenbuck]

Herd immunity didn't exactly work to well in Sweden when they did it back a few months ago. And they didn't wear masks or social distance during their try at this. Now certain people want this country to try this in America. We've already lost over 201, 000 people with the things the way they are now. How many more lives are we willing to sacrifice to try the herd immunity experiment?

[FearNoEvil]

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"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." - Edward Barnays, Author Propaganda