• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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    12 hours ago

    “Herd immunity” is the result of the worst possible failure state, it is by definition a description of maximum damage. It makes no sense to portray it as a good outcome.

    • Manjushri@piefed.social
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      11 hours ago

      Herd immunity and natural immunity are not the same thing. Natural immunity is when you are inherently immune to a pathogen due to your genetic heritage. Herd Immunity is what you have when a large enough percentage of the herd are immune to a pathogen either naturally or due to vaccination.

      For example, If 95% of the herd is vaccinated or otherwise immune to a disease, the herd is effectively immune because the non-immune individuals in the herd are surrounded by immune individuals. They are are therefore highly unlikely to be exposed to the pathogen in the first place.

      • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml
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        11 hours ago

        Either way you can’t “develop” it yourself.

        We NEED to get the stupid people OUT of politics.