Fauci breaks with Trump on COVID-19 herd immunity: 'That's certainly not my approach'

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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article245442015.html

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the U.S. shouldn’t pursue herd immunity to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, breaking with President Donald Trump, who invoked the strategy earlier this week.

Herd immunity occurs when enough of a population becomes immune to a disease through vaccine or already getting sick to make the spread unlikely between people in the community, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Herd immunity also protects newborns and people who can’t be vaccinated because it helps decrease person-to-person spread, the CDC said.

“We’re not there yet. That’s not a fundamental strategy that we’re using,” Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, told MSNBC on Wednesday.

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1. Herd immunity

Allows trump to sit on his lazy ass and do nothing to contain covid.

That's what he wants to sit on his ass and not face legit criticism of his shitty job.

Herd immunity as policy he thinks will make covid go away.. but it will kill millions and trump don't give a shit about other lives,especially minorities and the poor.

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2. As always the voice of reason.