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Today, Explained

The truth about herd immunity

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Some people think it’s the only way out of the pandemic. Those people are very wrong. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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There's a new kid on the block of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. His name is Dr. Scott Atlus, and he's

1:03.1

recently become one of President Trump's top pandemic advisors. He's an infectious disease

1:09.1

expert like Fauci, right? Oh, but he's obviously an epidemiologist.

1:17.8

Oh, okay, all right, but Atlus is probably a physician with loads of experience advising

1:27.5

politicians, yeah? Okay, well, tell me he's not just some guy who the president saw in Fox News

1:36.4

a bunch. Bingo. Those who are not at risk to die or have a serious hospital requiring illness,

1:45.6

we should be fine with letting them get infected. The policy of total isolation is actually

1:52.6

destructive and is literally killing people. By having total population isolation, we are

1:59.5

preventing natural immunity from developing. Great. After six months of various states of

2:05.9

lockdown, quarantine, social distancing, and mask wearing 200,000 deaths and some six million

2:13.8

cases, President Trump has brought in Fox News's neuro-radiologist and chief to advise him

2:21.7

on COVID-19. And the worst part is, according to reports from the Washington Post,

2:27.4

he's kind of into herd immunity as a path forward for the United States.

2:33.2

When you get immunity and low risk groups infect each other, there's a blockage of sort of the

2:38.4

pathways to the vulnerable. This is called herd immunity. I don't think herd immunity is the way

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