What is herd immunity?

DAYS IN NEBRASKA,THE TERM "HERDIMMUNITY" HAS BEENTHROWN OUT AS ANOPTION TO DEALINGWITH THE PANDEMIC.YOU MAY HAVETHOUGHT..WHAT IS HERDIMMUNITY AND HOWDOES IT WORK?

WESENT REPORTER PHILBERGMAN OUT TOUNCOVER WHAT ITREALLY MEANS.HERD IMMUNITY ISTHE LATEST ADDITIONTO OURCORONAVIRUSVOCABULARY LST.BUT WHAT IS IT?

HERDIMMUNITY IS THE IDEATHAT IF YOU HAVE ALARGE GROUP OFPEOPLE AND YOURELEASE THEINFECTION TO ALARGE GROUP OFPEOPLE.A LARGE PROPORTIONGET SICK AND ASTHEY GET SICK WEPRESUME THEY HAVEIMMUNITY.DR.KELLY CAWCUTT IS APHYSICAN ATNEBRASKA MEDICINESHE SPOKE ABOUTTHE TOPIC ONFACEBOOK LIVE THISAFTERNOON.WHEN THE VIRUS ISCONTINUING TOSPREAD IT GETSHARDER TO JUMPFROM PERSON TOPERSON BECUASEYOU ASSUME YOUHAVE IMMUNITYTHROUGHOUT THEHERD AT A POINT ATWHICH IT'S NOT EASYTO FIND THE NEXTPERSON WHO HASBEEN INFECTED.========A GOAL OF HERDIMMUNITY IS TOPROTECT THOSE WHOARE MOSTVULNERABLE SUCH ASTHE ELDERLY ANDYOUNG CHILDREN...TOSHOW HOW IT COULDPOSSIBLY WORK HEREARE A BUNCH OFCUPS...THEY'RE OURPOPULATION...THOSEAT-RISK WE'LL OVERPUT HERE INISOLATION.THE BLUE GATORADEIS THE CORONAVIRUS...IN HERD IMMUNITYPEOPLE WOULD NEEDTO CONTRACTCORONAVIRUS ANDTHEN RECOVER...IFTHEY RECOVERTHEY'LL GETANTIBODIES AND HAVEIMMUNITY.HOWEVER, WHILEYOU'RE DEVELOPINGTHIS HERD IMMUNITY,THESE PEOPLEARE ALLL STILLGETTING INFECTEDAND SOME OF THEMMAY DIE.THE JOHNS HOPKINSSCHOOL OF PUBLICHEALTH ESTIMATES IF70-90 PERCENT OFTHE POPULATION HASTHE VIRUS, HERDIMMUNITY SHOULD GOIN TO AFFECT ANDTHOSE AT-RISK COULDTHEN LEAVEISOLATION.IF SAY A NEW ROUNDOF THE VIRUS COMESALONG IT WOULD BETOUGH FOR IT TOSPREAD BECAUSETHERE'S LIQUID IN ALLTHESE CUPSALREADY.ALTHOUGHSCIENTISTS BELIEVETHE IMMUNITY WILLBE PERMANENT, NOONE KNOW FOR SUREYET IF THIS WILL BETRUE.====================== == IF YOU DON'TGENERATE GOODIMMUNITY, HERDIMMUNITY DOESN'TWORK.IF THIS ISN'T ADURABLE IMMUNERESPONSE WHICH ISSOMETHING THAT IS INQUESTION THEN THISWILL MAKE THEM SICKBUT IT DOESN'TGUARANTEE THATTHEY WON'T GET ITAGAIN.CAWCUTT SAYS IFHERD IMMUNITY INNEBRASKA COULDCAUSE THEHEALTHCARESYSTEMS TOOVERRUN AND HAVE APERAK THAT ISLARGER THAN SHEWANTS.SHE IS NOTADVOCATING FOR THEIDEA OF EMPLOYINGHERD IMMUNITY.WE DON'T KNOW IF ITIS GOING TO WORKAND IF WE TRY IT ANDEVERYONE GETS SICKWE'RE STILLSTRUGGLING WITHTHE SAME PROBLEMSWE'VE BEEN TALKINGABOUT THE WHOLETIME.REPORTING INOMAHA, PHILBERGMAN 3 NEWSNOW.THE TERM HERDIMMUNITY IS USUALLYREFERRED TO WHENTALKING ABOUTVACCINES AND THEBENEFITS OFVACCINATION.