How herd immunity works — and what stands in its way
Story Date: 2/22/2021

 

Source: Thomas Wilburn, Richard Harris, NPR, 2/18/21


What will it take to finally halt the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S.? To answer that question we've created a simulation of a mock disease we're calling SIMVID-19. When you click "Run Simulation" above, you are witnessing how a disease can spread through a population and how increased levels of vaccination can stop it in its tracks. We're chosen to simulate a fake disease since there are too many unknowns to simulate the course of COVID-19.

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