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Opinion: Anti-vaccine people are not helping us reach herd immunity

The CDC has long said we need from 70% to 90% of us vaccinated to achieve herd immunity, which then stops the COVID-19 virus from jumping person-to-person

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A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccination.

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.

Laura Seitz, Deseret News

The CDC has long said we need from 70% to 90% of us vaccinated to achieve herd immunity, which then stops the COVID-19 virus from jumping person-to-person.

Republicans mainly, but anti-vaxxers specifically, have taken the selfish route of not doing their humanitarian fair share to reduce the ability of COVID-19 to jump across legions of nonimmune people in our communities.

Since the anti-vaxxers are clearly not helping us to achieve herd immunity, they are now unwittingly culling themselves right out of the herd — as tragic and “told ya so” as that sounds. And we medical experts have, many times now, told you so.

Dr. Jeff Clawson

Salt Lake City, Utah