herd immunity 群體免疫

herd immunity
繁：群體免疫
简：群体免疫

英國未仿傚鄰近國家宣布停課或禁止大型聚會，被批應對不力。政府首席科學顧問瓦蘭斯（Patrick Vallance）上周五（13日）辯護時，更提出「群體免疫」（herd immunity）策略，即讓全國六成人口感染並痊癒以產生免疫力，如此就可長遠保護整個社區，有關說法引起廣泛爭議。

需全國六成人感染痊癒 英提群體免疫捱轟（2020年3月15日）。明報，取自https://news.mingpao.com/pns/國際/article/20200315/s00014/1584210816923/

The UK’s chief scientific adviser has said the government wants 60 per cent of the population to catch coronavirus to try and create “herd immunity” to protect against the virus becoming an annual crisis.

Coronavirus: 60% of UK population need to become infected so country can build ‘herd immunity’, government’s chief scientist says. (2020, March 14). The Independent. Retrieved from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-herd-immunity-uk-nhs-outbreak-pandemic-government-a9399101.html