Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Programme, has slammed herd immunity at the WHO media briefing.
Speaking in Geneva, Mr Ryan said: “This idea that, ‘well, maybe countries who had lax measures and haven’t done anything will all of a sudden magically reach some herd immunity, and so what if we lose a few old people along the way?’ This is a really dangerous, dangerous calculation”.
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