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Rethinking Herd Immunity: Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Dynamic Biological and Behavioral Environment

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.

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Rethinking Herd Immunity: Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Dynamic Biological and Behavioral Environment