90% people should be vaccinated or infected to get an adequate herd immunity against coronavirus!

 Mass-scale vaccination has commenced in the USA. Frontline healthcare workers are getting priority vaccination against COVID-19. Certain groups of people such as those with severe allergies have been told to avoid the vaccine. And people with facial fillers may experience swelling and inflammation with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. As the immunization process is progressing, one wonders how many people need to be vaccinated in order to have a good enough immunity to stop the spread of this deadly virus? Dr Anthony Fauci shared these details with the people. 

Dr Anthony Fauci talks about coronavirus herd immunity in the USA

American scientist ad adviser Dr Anthony Fauci now has given a figure for achieving an adequate herd immunity against the coronavirus. He stated that at least 90% of the people in the USA should be either vaccinated or should have contracted an infection in order to have adequate herd immunity. Further, he said that he has deliberately raised the bar since he feels that people want to hear it.

Dr Anthony Fauci gets covid-19 jab [Source: Chicago Tribune]

The infectious disease expert said: 

“We really don’t know what the real number is,”

“I think the real range is somewhere between 70 to 90 percent. But, I’m not going to say 90 percent.”

He said that he has said the highest number since the virus understanding has changed and Americans are now more confident with the vaccine. 

More on what Anthony Fauci said!

The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said: 

“When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent,”

“Then, when newer surveys said 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, ‘I can nudge this up a bit,’ so I went to 80, 85.”

Anthony feels that the virus is not infectious than measles and the figure of 90% is for measles virus as well: 

“I’d bet my house that COVID isn’t as contagious as measles,”

The recent survey and its findings

A recent survey on people's desire to have the vaccine was conducted by USA Today and Suffolk University. It revealed that 46% of people in the USA want to take the vaccine at the earliest possible time. Whereas 32% are ready to wait until the others have it. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines against COVID-19 are out and people are getting the shots now. Mass immunization is in progress and the response to have the vaccine ahs been good.