UF Health Researcher Explains Herd Immunity and How It Could End COVID-19 Pandemic
It’s a term we’re going to hear much more frequently during the final chapter of the COVID-19 pandemic — herd immunity.
With millions of Americans being vaccinated against COVID-19 every day, many are looking to the future and asking when the coronavirus pandemic will end. It’s a surprisingly difficult question that could hinge on this epidemiological concept.
Cindy A. Prins, Ph.D., M.P.H., a University of Florida Health infectious disease epidemiologist who is an associate professor in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF College of Medicine, looks at herd immunity and explains how it might be part of the answer.
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