Fact check: Herd immunity would not fully stop the spread of coronavirus
Claim: Herd immunity, not social distancing, would stop COVID-19Although most experts are encouraging the public to practice social distancing to “flatten the curve” – a phrase used to describe the attempt to distribute the lifespan of the outbreak more gradually over time so as not to overwhelm the health care system – some people have disagreed with that tactic.Knut Wittkowski, a former biostatistician at the Rockefeller University, […]
