This Is The Difference Between Herd Immunity Through Vaccines and Infection

Merdeka.com – The government is targeting Covid-19 vaccination to reach a minimum of 70 percent of the population to achieve Herd Immunity or population immunity. Unfortunately, there is still disinformation that has resulted in misunderstanding in the community.

Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University, Cissy Rachiana Sudjana Prawira-Kartasasmita, explained that herd immunity can be achieved through two schemes, namely immunization and infection.

Immunization is an effort to create immunity against a disease caused by a virus or bacteria, whereas infection is allowing viruses or bacteria to spread to everyone without forming immunity.

“We can’t just (carry out the infection scheme), it will be a lot of harm, not to death, the disease will become severe, the hospital becomes full, there are not enough tools, if it is through infection. So what is always recommended is through immunization. carried out in mass, “he said in the Productive Dialogue ‘Exploring Vaccines and Immunization’ at the Media Center Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPCPEN), Tuesday (27/10).

Herd Immunity through infection is highly discouraged, especially in the current Covid-19 pandemic era. This is due to the different levels of virus transmission, and Covid-19 is included in the high level of transmission category. [bim]

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