Health
Trying to reach herd immunity is ‘unethical’ and unprecedented, WHO head says – The Washington Post
“Never in the history of public health has herd immunity been used as a strategy for responding to an outbreak, let alone a pandemic,” World Health Organization…
Never in the history of public health has herd immunity been used as a strategy for responding to an outbreak, let alone a pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a Monday media briefing. It is scientifically and ethically problematic.
In a public health context, herd immunity typically describes a scenario in which a large enough share of the population is vaccinated against a disease to prevent it from spreading widely, thereby providing default protection to a minor…
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