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'''Community immunity''' is having a large percentage of the population immune to a disease in order to prevent the spread of that disease.  Even individuals not immune are offered some protection because the disease has little opportunity to spread within the community. This is also known as herd immunity.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#c</ref> The thresholds for herd immunity to protect against various diseases range from 85% to 94% vaccination rates.<ref>http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/training/overview/pdf/eradicationhistory.pdf</ref>

'''Herd immunity''', or community immunity, is having a large percentage of the population immune to a disease in order to prevent the spread of that disease.  Even individuals not immune are offered some protection because the disease has little opportunity to spread within the community. This is also known as herd immunity.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#c</ref> The thresholds for herd immunity to protect against various diseases range from 85% to 94% vaccination rates.<ref>http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/training/overview/pdf/eradicationhistory.pdf</ref>

On [[Christmas Eve]] 2020, The ''New York Times'' reported that Dr. Fauci initially underestimated the level of vaccination needed to attain herd immunity from the [[coronavirus]]:<ref name="NYT">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/health/herd-immunity-covid-coronavirus.html (emphasis added).</ref>

On [[Christmas Eve]] 2020, The ''New York Times'' reported that Dr. Fauci initially underestimated the level of vaccination needed to attain herd immunity from the [[coronavirus]]:<ref name="NYT">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/health/herd-immunity-covid-coronavirus.html (emphasis added).</ref>

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