Herd Immunity is Not a Strategy

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The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Health & Fitness, News, Science

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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With news that a White House pandemic adviser reportedly pushed a “herd immunity strategy,” Katherine and Jim ask an expert about what that would mean. Dr. Howard Forman, a Yale professor and emergency radiologist, explains why Sweden isn’t the example people think it is—and why many people are talking about “herd immunity” all wrong. Support this show and all of The Atlantic’s journalism by becoming a subscriber at www.theatlantic.com/supportus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Catherine.
0:07.0	Hi, Jim.
0:09.0	Oh no.
0:10.0	How are you doing?
0:11.0	Have you lost your voice?
0:13.0	No, I'm just trying to be a good citizen and not to do loud?
0:18.0	I see. You're
0:24.0	singing.
0:25.0	I'm trying to control my aerosols.
0:27.0	So often do.
0:28.0	Yeah, no that's good of you.
0:30.0	That's very, that's very generous again.
0:32.0	I'm trying to keep my droplets. of you that's very that's very generous again.
0:32.8	I try to keep my droplets to myself.
0:35.6	What prompted you to do this now?
0:39.8	There's a headline on the Atlantic, an article by Derek Thompson that says,
0:47.0	mask up and shut up.
0:50.0	COVID-19 transmission would go down if we spoke less or less loudly in public spaces.
0:56.4	This is...
0:57.4	It sounds like you're doing ASMR.
1:00.8	No, I'm just caring about everyone's health.
1:05.0	Okay, okay.
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