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2024-03-17 20:42:31 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 41012C2E36FB314C5AF18446A34B55E107869A748477CD7A5F73DB739E07FFC9
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The percentage of population immunity required for herd immunity varies depending on the infectiousness of the disease. Highly contagious diseases like measles require a higher percentage (around 95%) compared to less contagious ones like influenza. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/immunity-types.htm https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/herd-immunity-lockdowns-and-covid-19 https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/achieving-herd-immunity-with-covid19.html
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