Herd immunity is an important—and often misunderstood—public health phenomenon

2021/05/19 by Amy McDermott · 2 voices
Mathematics · Medicine · #COVID-19 epidemiological studies #Influenza Virus Research Studies #Zoonotic diseases and public health

paper · doi:10.1073/pnas.2107692118

openalex publication_date 2021/05/19 · openalex created_date 2021/05/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Adaptive radiations—species descended from a common ancestor that are adapted to a wide variety of ecological niches—occur frequently on remote islands where a colonist finds few competitors in an unexploited ecological landscape. We examined ...We investigated whether celebrated cases of evolutionary radiations of passerine birds on islands have produced exceptional morphological diversity relative to comparable-aged radiations globally. Based on eight external measurements, we calculated the ...

Citations

• The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus
• "Herd Immunity": A Rough Guide

Discussions

• McDermott, Amy. “Core Concept: Herd Immunity Is an Important—and Often Misunderstood—Public Health Phenomenon.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 21 (May 25, 2021). https://doi. [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]
• I’ve been replying to measles disinformation posts with this: You might learn something today! A. McDermott, Herd immunity is an important—and often misunderstood—public health phenomenon, Proc. Natl [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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