In the early days of COVID, the key objective was herd immunity. Today, we are there, or very nearly so. We should declare victory. It has been a costly victory. It may be a Pyrrhic victory, unless we pivot rapidly from COVID to the economy.
According to CDC data, we have reached herd immunity, consisting of immunity conveyed by vaccination plus natural immunity borne of survival of the virus. 250 million, or almost 80% of, Americans have received at least one shot, and 65 million, or about 20%, have contracted COVID and survived. We are about as close to full herd immunity as we are likely to get. Tragically, about 850 thousand American have perished, and more will perish as the last casualties of the pandemic.
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