At the beginning of the pandemic, experts assured that if we achieved herd immunity, then the pandemic would begin to fade away, it would be easier for us to control it and we would return to life without the restrictions that were and are fiction in Poland.
The restrictions that de facto did not exist cannot be lifted
Published Feb. 10, 2022 12:06
According to the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic will stop spreading when 65-70 percent of people are vaccinated. population. Meanwhile, Poland ranks 23rd in the EU in terms of the percentage of vaccinated people. Only Croatia, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria are behind us.
The percentage of people vaccinated with at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Poland is 58.4%. Fully vaccinated constitute 50.07%. the whole of society.
prof. Włodzimierz Gut, a virologist, we ask about:
- what is herd immunity
- whether the mass of infections with the Omikron variant brings Poland closer to acquiring herd immunity against SARS-CoV-2,
- how to interpret the decision of the minister of health in the context of the number of cases.
