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Coronavirus: thresholds for effective herd immunity could be lower than predicted

Basic models for COVID-19 suggest herd immunity is achieved when 60 percent of people are immune. This assumes that everyone in the population mixes to the same degree and at random. It’s unrealistic, writes Pieter Trapman, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, in a new article in The Conversation.

blvdone/Shutterstock. Photo from article in The Conversation
blvdone/Shutterstock. Photo from article in The Conversation


The article is published on October 5 and is written by Pieter Trapman, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Stockholm University.

He writes:
 “In our research, we tried to reflect some of the diversity of behaviour found in human populations to show what effect it might have on reaching herd immunity.”

Read the article published in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-thresholds-for-effective-herd-immunity-could-be-lower-than-predicted-heres-why-145069

Read the article in French, ”Coronavirus: les seuils d’une immunité collective efficace pourraient être plus bas que prévu – voici pourquoi”

Read more about the collaboration between Stockholm University and The Conversation and how to pitch an article idea.

More articles in The Conversation by researchers at Stockholm University.

 

 

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