Deadly COVID-19 surge now helps create ‘herd immunity’
In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, a medical staff member prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Published February 21. 2021 2:03AM | Updated February 21. 2021 2:08AM
Soumya Karlamangla and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES As coronavirus cases plummet nationwide and vaccinations total 1.7 million Americans a day and rising, health experts are increasingly striking a new tone in their pandemic assessments: optimism. I could be wrong, but I don t think we re going to see a big fourth surge, said Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine expert at Children s Hospital of Philadelphia. I think we ve seen the worst of it.
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In L.A., so many people now have immunity to the coronavirus from past infections and vaccination that transmission is slowing and inching toward herd immunity.
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