7 hours agoGerman experts: There is no collective immunity without vaccinating young people
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The collective immunity to the coronary is unlikely to be achieved without the inoculation of children and teenagers, the German Immunology Association ( DGfI). The “is generally thought that collective immunity will be achieved when 60 to 70 percent of the population is protected by pathogens. But it is supposed that the virus cannot be reproduced to those people,” said the vice [...]
The “is generally thought that collective immunity will be achieved when 60 to 70 percent of the population is protected by pathogens. But it is supposed that the virus cannot be reproduced to those people,” DGfI Vice President Reinhold Forsta told the newspaper “Funke Media Group”.
He said that Sars-Cov-2 is different, people can transmit the virus even though they're not sick themselves, even if they're vaccinated. He also stressed that “kind of the virus delta only exacerbates such a” situation.
The “is much more contagious and affects teenagers and children,” he explained, adding that as long as this age group is unaccommated or in small, collective immunity will not be achieved.
The Robert Koch Institute for Disease Control (RKI) estimates that at least 85 percent of the population between the ages of 12 and 59, and 90 percent of those over 60 must be vaccinated in order to successfully fight the species delta.
So far, the Taxation Board has not issued a general recommendation for vaccinating children and youth older than 12 years old and has no vaccine approved for those under 12 years.
