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Coronavirus: WHO head calls herd immunity approach ‘immoral’ – BBC News
Dr Ghebreyesus said allowing coronavirus to spread unchecked would cause unnecessary suffering and death.
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Dr Ghebreyesus said allowing the virus to spread would cause ‘unnecessary’ suffering
The head of the World Health Organization has ruled out a herd immunity response to the pandemic.
Herd immunity occurs when a large portion of a community becomes immune to a disease through vaccinations or through the mass spread of a disease.
Some have argued that coronavirus should be allowed to spread naturally in the absence of a vaccine.
But WHO chief Tedros Ghebre…
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