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07-19-2022, 04:08 AM
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data that showed around 60 percent of Americans — more than half of adults and three quarters of children — have now been infected with the coronavirus.
But herd immunity looks likely to remain elusive, and many people are still at high risk from Covid-19.
What do the C.D.C. figures mean for immunity in the United States, and for the future of the pandemic?
Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli (https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli?smid=pc-thedaily), a science and global health reporter for The New York Times.
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Background reading:
Sixty percent of Americans, including 75 percent of children, had been infected with the coronavirus by February — another remarkable milestone in a pandemic that continues to confound expectations (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/health/coronavirus-antibodies-americans-cdc.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
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But herd immunity looks likely to remain elusive, and many people are still at high risk from Covid-19.
What do the C.D.C. figures mean for immunity in the United States, and for the future of the pandemic?
Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli (https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli?smid=pc-thedaily), a science and global health reporter for The New York Times.
Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline).
Background reading:
Sixty percent of Americans, including 75 percent of children, had been infected with the coronavirus by February — another remarkable milestone in a pandemic that continues to confound expectations (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/health/coronavirus-antibodies-americans-cdc.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)