Prof Andrew Pollard, Oxford vaccine team
Clear that the delta variant can infect people already vaccinated
Making herd immunity impossible to reach even with high vaccine uptake
Anyone who is still unvaccinated will, at some point, meet the virus.
We don't have anything that will stop transmission,
so I think we are in a situation where herd immunity is not a possibility
and I suspect the virus will throw up a new variant that is even better at infecting vaccinated individuals
Angela Merkel
Ending free testing from Oct 11
Clear that the delta variant can infect people already vaccinated
Making herd immunity impossible to reach even with high vaccine uptake
Anyone who is still unvaccinated will, at some point, meet the virus.
We don't have anything that will stop transmission,
so I think we are in a situation where herd immunity is not a possibility
and I suspect the virus will throw up a new variant that is even better at infecting vaccinated individuals
Angela Merkel
Ending free testing from Oct 11
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