Dr. Barry Dworkin

Public Health officials are wary of a “herd-immunity” strategy as a means of reopening our economy.

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 27, 2020

Source:
Canada’s top doctor warns against relying on herd immunity to reopen economy

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  1. How “pool testing” could help reduce number of daily tests yet help increase the chances of finding early outbreaks of Covid-19 infections in regions of low disease incidence.
  2. Why proposing “herd immunity” as a strategy by using SARS-CoV-2 as your inoculating vector is not a good idea. Historically, there has never been a real case of herd immunity through infection.
  3. When/if studies clearly show that COVID vaccine is efficacious and safe for children, we will be able to get closer to herd immunity. Public Health Ontario says it is no longer possible without vaccinating young children. #vaccineswork
  4. A million tests done in Canada over the past few months falls far short of what is required moving forward. It will have to be multiples of this within shorter time intervals if we want to resume “normal” life.