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Good News on Herd Immunity

Herd Immunity Could Be Closer Than We Think
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-20/the-covid-19-vaccination-campaign-should-emphasize-optimism
“There is some encouraging data on herd immunity from the clinical trials of two leading vaccines, says infectious disease doctor Monica Gandhi of the University of California, San Francisco. While the three leading vaccines have proven extremely effective at preventing symptomatic illness, two showed some hints that they limited transmission of the virus as well”. 

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The coronavirus variants could dash our hopes of getting back to normal. We must prepare.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/20/coronavirus-variants-could-dash-our-hopes-getting-back-normal-we-must-prepare/

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