Publications
Rethinking Herd Immunity: Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Dynamic Biological and Behavioral Environment
This article presents a potential framework for enumerating and estimating community-wide immunity to COVID-19 with use of data reportable to local county public health authorities in order to create more localized, tailored responses.
Barker P, Hartley D, Beck AF, Oliver G, Sampath B, Roderick T, Miff S. Rethinking herd immunity: Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in a dynamic biological and behavioral environment. NEJM Catalyst. September 10, 2021.
A detailed understanding of local COVID-19 pandemic conditions is necessary to create focused, tailored responses. This article presents a potential framework for enumerating and estimating community-wide immunity to COVID-19 with use of data reportable to local county public health authorities.