La inmunidad colectiva no es científica

Noticias ONU, 13 de octubre, El Director General de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, dijo hoy en una conferencia de prensa en Ginebra que recientemente ha habido algunas discusiones sobre el concepto de los llamados “la inmunidad de grupo” a través de la propagación del virus, pero esto Hay problemas en la ciencia y la ética., y definitivamente no es una opción viable.

Tan Desai said that herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination. In this concept, if the threshold of vaccination is reached, the population can be protected from a certain virus. Esto podría deberse a una infección asintomática., herd immunity to measles requires approximately 95% of the population to be vaccinated. The remaining 5% will be protected because measles will not spread among vaccinated people. For polio, the threshold is about 80%. In other words, herd immunity is achieved by protecting people from the virus, not by exposing them to the virus.

He pointed out that in the history of public health, herd immunity has never been used as a strategy to deal with a general infectious disease outbreak, let alone a global pandemic. He said that allowing the virus to spread uncontrollably means allowing unnecessary infections, suffering and death.

Tan Desai emphasized that it is totally unethical to allow a dangerous virus that we do not fully understand to spread freely. La inmunidad colectiva no es científica. This is definitely not an option.