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Experts are now saying people shouldn't expect to eradicate COVID-19 or even get to herd immunity. They say it's going to be around for a long time to come, but that doesn't mean people can't get back ...

What started out as a breakout in one country has turned into a pandemic that has taken the lives of well over 11,000 people across the globe. In its early stages, COVID-19 was often compared to the ...

Herd immunity occurs when enough people in a group are immune to a specific infection that it cannot spread easily from person to person. Vaccination programs have been successful in creating herd ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Have we reached herd immunity for COVID-19? Three years ago, at the onset of the pandemic, there was a lot of talk about “herd immunity.” Some experts thought that once we reached it ...

Herd immunity is the name for a point in time when it's hard for a disease to spread through a group of people. The idea of herd immunity works for some diseases, such as measles. But it's a harder ...

Get it early, develop immunity, get back to work: some wonder As COVID-19 numbers climb precipitously, health care workers, first responders and the countless individuals working in "essential ...