WHO chief says herd immunity approach to pandemic 'unethical'
by Staff and agencies in Geneva from Science | The Guardian on (#59237)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cites lack of understanding of virus and lasting health effects
The head of the World Health Organization has warned against deliberately allowing coronavirus to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying the idea is unethical.
Herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a certain virus if a threshold of vaccination is reached," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a virtual press briefing.
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