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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicHerd immunity

Topic: herd immunity

Why India will not see a big second wave of Covid-19

Last August, I estimated that Covid-19 will end its epidemic phase in India by January 2021. It appears that this prediction was not too far off the mark.

Majority Indians have natural immunity. Vaccinating entire population can cause great harm

For recovered Covid patients, the vaccines provide no benefit and some harm. It is thus unethical to vaccinate them.

‘We want them infected’ — Trump official pushed for ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails show

Paul Alexander, a senior adviser at the Department of Health and Humans Services, encouraged adoption of a policy to increase the number of infections among young adults.

Herd immunity is a mystery, Sweden’s top epidemiologist says

Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says herd immunity does slow down virus transmission but it hasn't been clear to what extent the rates are reduced and how large that effect it.

Covid immune response is long-lasting, could protect people for even decades, US study says

The study, yet to be peer-reviewed, analysed multiple types of immune cells in 185 Covid cases, including 41 patients who had recovered before the study.

Why India must vaccinate 80% of population by December 2021 — no matter what the cost

The aim of 80% vaccination is neither too high nor too low.

Social media conversations supporting herd immunity driven by bots, says study

The investigation, conducted by the Federation of American Scientists, found a 'high-level of bot-like behaviour' in support of the Great Barrington Declaration on social media.

Why the world is struggling to determine the threshold of Covid herd immunity

Looking at the trajectories of the Covid pandemic, there doesn’t seem to be enough evidence to make confident pronouncements about what the real-world herd immunity threshold is.

Social distancing or herd immunity? A combination of both needed to contain Covid

The US desperately needs a solid strategy unlike what the Trump administration has in place — doing almost nothing and telling people the disease will go away.

India’s Covid data like counting potholes under streetlights. There are far more in the dark

The Covid-19 pandemic is both an information problem and a health problem.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.