Everything you need to know about herd immunity. Hint: we're a long way off. - Macleans.ca

Timothy Sly: Herd immunity would be well under way when 54 to 61 per cent of the Canadian population is immune. So far, immunity within the Canadian population is estimated at 1.1 per cent.

Commuters crowd Cadorna train station in Milan, Italy on May 4, 2020. Italy began stirring again Monday after a two-month coronavirus shutdown.

Singapore won international recognition for “best practice” in pandemic control during February when the virus was still in its early phases outside of China’s borders. But now the number of COVID-19 cases are on the rise. Since Apr. 1 cases in Singapore have increased 325 per cent. deaths officially reported at the time of writing? To estimate the true numbers of people who have recovered from infection, we must ignore the confirmed case counts and multiply deaths by 100 . That means there are

Infected individuals would be placed in supervised isolation until they are confirmed virus-free, or do not survive. No herd immunity would be required, but the society would live with the anxiety that a stray virus might start the whole process again until the eventual availability of vaccine. Can this be done? On Apr. 8, the city of Wuhan was declared open and free from the infection after a month of zero new cases and two months of lockdown. New Brunswick seems to be there now.

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