Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 2, 2020

A phased lift of control: a practical strategy to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 at the country level.

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  • The authors discuss a phased lift of stringent interventions, allowing for gradual herd immunity while keeping the number of cases within the limits of health care systems. 
  • The paper acknowledges that this would be most feasible in smaller countries with robust healthcare systems, but that larger countries could implement this approach in specific regions.

Vlas et al. (April 1, 2020).  A phased lift of control: a practical strategy to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 at the country level.  Pre-print downloaded Apr 1 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.29.20046011