By Amanda Quintana Apr 23, 2021 6:52 PM MADISON, Wis. — We’ve all heard experts say the goal is to get to herd immunity. For Public Health Madison and Dane County, that means between 60 and 90% of the population is vaccinated or has coronavirus antibodies. Currently, 55% of Dane County residents have gotten at least one dose of a vaccine. Herd immunity doesn’t mean the virus will disappear. It will still be in the community, but we would see fewer infections, hospitalizations and deaths. “It really is about where the virus or the disease meets a dead end,” said Dr. Matt Anderson at UW Health. “I hear about when my dad was growing up and parents being concerned to send their kids to the pool in the summer because Polio virus was being transmitted and such. I’ve never thought about that once.”