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2. Maybe the 'Black Plague'?

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:36 PM

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Has "Herd Immunity" Ever Been Achieved Without A Vaccine? [View all] intrepidity Sep 2020 OP

1918 flu. Nt AkFemDem Sep 2020 #1

No. We never reached herd immunity with that virus. dawg Sep 2020 #9

I'm not sure that adds up genxlib Sep 2020 #14

Maybe the 'Black Plague'? Dan Sep 2020 #2

No herd immunity was ever achieved with either of those illnesses. Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #16

Before there were vaccines so yeah it's happened. nt gollygee Sep 2020 #5

Black Death - Bubonic Plague; Leprosy . . .. Iliyah Sep 2020 #7

In general, that has never happened PSPS Sep 2020 #8

How About The Common Cold? ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #12

No. sakabatou Sep 2020 #13

Eradication has only been achieved through vaccines. roamer65 Sep 2020 #18

Yeah, this was the sort of thing I was thinking of nt intrepidity Sep 2020 #20

Wild Polio is near eradication. roamer65 Sep 2020 #22

Herd immunity is never achieved with a virus. ananda Sep 2020 #19

Oh! Interesting twist intrepidity Sep 2020 #21