• Manjushri@piefed.social
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    Herd immunity and natural immunity are not the same thing. Natural immunity is when you are inherently immune to a pathogen due to your genetic heritage. Herd Immunity is what you have when a large enough percentage of the herd are immune to a pathogen either naturally or due to vaccination.

    For example, If 95% of the herd is vaccinated or otherwise immune to a disease, the herd is effectively immune because the non-immune individuals in the herd are surrounded by immune individuals. They are are therefore highly unlikely to be exposed to the pathogen in the first place.

    • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml
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      Either way you can’t “develop” it yourself.

      We NEED to get the stupid people OUT of politics.