Top US Health Official Not Sure Herd Immunity Will Be Reached in Coming Months

Top US Health Official Not Sure Herd Immunity Will Be Reached in Coming Months
Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington on Sept. 9, 2020. Greg Nash/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has said he’s unsure whether herd immunity will be reached in the United States in the coming months.

In an interview with The Hill, Collins said that achieving herd immunity will depend on whether people who are hesitant to receive the vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, can be convinced by “trustworthy voices.”
Isabel van Brugen
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