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Re:Updating Herd Immunity Models for the US: Implications fo... by oopsiforgot7 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:13AM (#24719831)
When non experts talk about herd immunity they mean herd immunity given no to minimal precautions. This is a well defined concept.
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Re:Updating Herd Immunity Models for the US: Implications fo... by JoshuaDavid on Thursday October 08, 2020 @08:38PM (#24725529)
Yeah. The term "endemic steady state" would be more accurate, but "herd immunity" is the term everyone ended up using.
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Re:Updating Herd Immunity Models for the US: Implications fo... by NationalPark on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:47PM (#24723787)
If that's an informal lay interpretation I don't think it can be well defined, by definition.
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