This was where I first saw the idea that vaccinating against severe disease can still lead to effective…

This was where I first saw the idea that vaccinating against severe disease can still lead to effective disease elimination. The (flawed) idea of ‘sterilising’ immunity is actually the root of vax-and-forget public health. /1 https://t.co/I1ZXW3giAD… https://t.co/SXHPnhrzfy

This seemed a key passage. “An inoculation that guards marvellously well against disease — offering as much protection as it can — can still end an outbreak.” BUT, see the underlining — you have to control spread too, or the immune system will be overwhelmed. 2/2 https://t.co/Zv8u0kZhij