Criticism of the WHO summit on herd immunity as a strategy

Flock immunity occurs when enough people in the population have become immune to disease, which can be stopped as a result of the spread of infection.

But using herd immunity as a strategy is “scientifically and ethically problematic.” This is according to WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, according to the BBC.

WHO chief on herd immunity

“Flock immunity is achieved by protecting people from a virus, not exposing them to it,” he said during a news conference.

The head of WHO continues:

– Never in the history of public health has herd immunity been used as a strategy to respond to outbreaks, much less to respond to a pandemic.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus further says that it can mean unnecessary death, suffering and infection if you do what some have advocated and release the infection into society.

Almost 100,000 infected by corona in Sweden

To date, more than 38 million people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus, of which more than a million have died. In Sweden, the figure rises to just over 98,000 infected and 5,894 dead.

Since last spring, the Swedish Public Health Agency has come under fire for its corona strategy, with some claiming that the strategy is to achieve herd immunity, something the agency itself has repeatedly denied.

It has been reiterated that herd immunity is not a goal, but possibly a consequence of the strategy.