Herd immunity for Covid-19 in homogeneous populations
Populations and Evolution
2021-05-06 v1
Abstract
In this note we estimate herd immunity levels for the Covid-19 epidemic using a standard SEIR system that models the disease dynamics in homogeneous populations. The results obtained are indicative of values between 80% and 90% for unprotected, fully susceptible populations. Basic protective measures such as hand hygiene and mask wearing may be effective to lower herd immunity levels down to values between 50% and 60% of the total population.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2105.01808,
title = {Herd immunity for Covid-19 in homogeneous populations},
author = {Janaina P. Zingano and Paulo R. Zingano and Alessandra M. Silva and Carolina P. Zingano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.01808},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Estimation of herd immunity levels for covid-19 on several countries based data for the year 2020 available at https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2006.13752