“Don’t Look Up” Your Science—Herd Immunity or Herd Mentality?

Abstract

This analysis piece will attempt to examine some of the critical pandemic-related measures implemented in the United States from an immunological perspective and pinpoint caveats that should have been considered before their implementation. I also discuss alternative measures grounded in scientific data that were not thoroughly explored and likely could have helped fight the pandemic.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• pandemic
• vaccines
• herd immunity