Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

October 7, 2020

Updating Herd Immunity Models for the U.S. in 2020 Implications for the COVID-19 Response

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  • [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A modeling study found that accounting for variations in contact patterns throughout the US leads to a lower estimate of the threshold for herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2 compared to models that assume even mixing of populations.

Sheils et al. (Oct 6, 2020). Updating Herd Immunity Models for the U.S. in 2020 Implications for the COVID-19 Response. Pre-print downloaded Oct 7 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.05.20207100