We may need to vaccinate children as young as 5 to reach herd immunity with Delta, our modelling shows
- Written by: Emma McBryde, Professor of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology, James Cook University
from www.shutterstock.comRecently released modelling from the Doherty Institute, which the federal government used to back its roadmap out of the pandemic, misses one critical point — the importance of vaccinating children.
The Doherty modelling instead focuses on vaccinating 70-80% of the adult population as thresholds for easing various...