Forget what you’ve read and herd ... immunity is still a long way off

Delta variant is moving the goalposts for ending the pandemic, Covid may be present for a century — or longer

16 August 2021 - 19:34 By Michelle Fay Cortez

As Covid-19 surged last year, governments worldwide touted the hope of “herd immunity”, a promised land where the virus stopped spreading exponentially because enough people were protected against it. That’s now looking like a fantasy...

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