COVID-19 Update 2: How to stop an epidemic - Herd immunity

In this video, you will learn about the basic principle used in combating epidemics called herd immunity. Having susceptible individuals protected as a result of a significant proportion of the population (or the herd) being immune, allows for infectious disease to become stable within the community.

Through examples, including SARS-CoV-2, let's explore what proportion of a population needs to be immunized in order to reach herd immunity (in order for R naught to become equal to or lower than one).

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Links for reference:
https://twitter.com/mlipsitch
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/the-latest-on-the-coronavirus/
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

To learn about herd immunity:
https://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/public-health-textbook/research-methods/1a-epidemiology/epidemic-theory
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Speaker: Franz Wiesbauer, MD MPH
Internist & Founder at Medmastery
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Watch the other Medmastery COVID-19 Updates:
COVID-19 Update: How to tell if a pandemic is likely to occur or not–R0 and the serial interval
Watch: https://bit.ly/3cGPaJL

COVID-19 Update: Symptoms of COVID-19
Watch: https://bit.ly/39CIzxX

COVID-19 Update: Clinical characteristics of COVID-19
Watch: https://bit.ly/39CKgf1

COVID-19 Update: Estimating case fatality rates for COVID-19
Watch: https://bit.ly/2vGBqhH

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