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Coronavirus: is Manaus, Brazil, the first city to reach herd immunity? – The Conversation UK
Herd immunity has entered the everyday language, but it is a much misunderstood term.
Two years ago, I visited the Brazilian city of Manaus at the start of a trip through the Amazon. Since my childhood, I had been fascinated by this dot on the map that sits at the centre of the Amazon basin at the confluence of the Amazon and Rio Negro rivers.
The city is ultra tropical, with life very much lived on the street in an intense atmosphere. I felt it had a slightly oppressive feel, giving the impression that either the river or the encroaching forest could claim it back for nature a…
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