How to Use herd immunity in a Sentence

herd immunity

noun

• The percentage of a community that needs to be immune to achieve herd immunity varies from disease to disease.
  — Karen Pallarito, Health, 20 Jan. 2024
• To reach herd immunity, and prevent outbreaks, 95 percent of children must have both doses.
  — Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• Fast forward two years and the brand loyalty has faded, herd immunity has taken hold, and staying up to date on your vaccines can be confusing.
  — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 30 Nov. 2023
• That is below the 95% vaccination threshold health experts say is needed for herd immunity against measles.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• The World Health Organization says there needs to be at least 95% of vaccination in a population for herd immunity.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
• The economic argument behind only vaccinating girls against HPV has rested on the idea that men will benefit by proxy through herd immunity.
  — Grace Browne, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
• The classical definition of herd immunity has been completely turned upside down by Covid.
  — David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• The World Health Organization considers 95% the threshold necessary for herd immunity from measles.
  — Katie Mogg, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
• Measles was officially declared eradicated in the U.S. more than 20 years ago, but new outbreaks of the disease are popping up — and experts say declining vaccination rates are jeopardizing herd immunity and increasing the risk.
  — Stephen Stock, Leigh Ann Winick, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024
• That herd immunity can protect people who can’t get vaccinated, such as those with weakened immune systems or serious allergies, by reducing their chances of infection.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
• Science has shown that a population can reach community immunity, also known as herd immunity, once a certain percentage of the group is vaccinated.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
• The World Health Organization considers 95% the necessary threshold to maintain herd immunity.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Among humans, global herd immunity, once promoted as a singular solution, is unreachable.
  — Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2021
• What about vaccines, herd immunity, experimental treatments?
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 17 July 2023

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024