The ( COVID-19 ) Coronavirus is taking a devastating toll with over 300,000 confirmed cases around the whole world.
In this video the www.funk-e.com team explains the measures that the Netherlands is taking against Corona virus. In that they are betting on the fact that Herd immunity will occur, seeing this as a response for the COVID-19 pandemic. But what exactly is it? Find out more in this video!
“On Monday, the 16th of March, the Dutch have announced their choosing measures to create herd immunity for the Coronavirus, this means over 60% of the people will get sick. Is that insane? Well, first, we need to understand what immunity and herd immunity actually is.
When you get sick, your body creates an antibody to fight the virus. Once the fight is over, your immune system remembers this antibody, so next time you get the same disease, your body can fight this disease better and faster. In theory, you won’t get sick again. The safest way to become immune is with a vaccine. It contains, for example, particles that resemble the disease so you can create the antibodies without getting sick. It’s like a fire drill for your body.
Now, what is herd immunity? Well, you’re probably already part of a couple of herds yourself. When you’re vaccinated, you become part of a large group that is immune to that certain disease. When a large group is immune, there aren’t enough people to catch and spread the disease, and it will die off. That’s how we’ve killed a whole lot of diseases in the past. However, we usually do that with vaccines, and there is no vaccine for COVID-19 yet. So, sadly for the Netherlands, to reach herd immunity, a whole lot of people have to get sick and it’s not going to be easy, and doing this without any other measures is insane. It would overflow the hospitals and become very dangerous, but that’s not what the Dutch are doing. They’re also implementing social distancing, for example, then the virus will spread but much slower, so hospitals should be able to handle the amount of people that come in. So, in theory, it could work but is it the best strategy? Only time will tell. ”
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