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herd immunity threshold
HERD ih-MYOO-nih-tee THRESH-ohld
hɜːrd ɪˈmjuːnɪti ˈθrɛʃhoʊldListen
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herdimmunitythreshold
Dictionary meaning
proportion of a population that must be immune to a disease for it to stop spreading widely; varies by pathogen's transmissibility
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