Davidovitch, NadavSignorelli, CarloChambaud, LaurentTenenbaum, ArianneReid, JohnMiddleton, John2021-01-282021-01-28Davidovitch, N., Signorelli, C., Chambaud, L., Tenenbaum, A., Reid, J. & Middleton, J. (2020). Natural herd immunity should not be used as a means of pandemic control. BMJ Opinion.http://hdl.handle.net/10034/624202Short opinion article advising against relying on natural herd immunity and need for vaccine derived population immunity. "We need to focus on using successful virus suppression strategies until we reach herd immunity with the new vaccines. We need to track the epidemiology of the virus using population serology, but it is dangerous, and unfounded in science, to advocate natural herd immunity as a means to pandemic control".CC0 1.0 Universalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/herd immunityCOVID-19ArticleBMJ Opinion