Sir Patrick Vallance tells Sky News about 60% of people will need to become infected in order for the UK to enjoy "herd immunity

Millions of Britons will need to contract coronavirus in order to control the impact of the disease which is likely to return "year on year", the government's chief scientific adviser has told Sky News.

Around 60% of the UK population will need to become infected with coronavirus in order for society to have "herd immunity" from future outbreaks, Sir Patrick Vallance said.

Herd immunity is the resistance to a contagious disease within a population because enough people have become immune, and so it is harder for it to spread.

There is currently no vaccine available for coronavirus.

Source : https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/coronavirus-millions-of-britons-will-need-to-contract-covid-19-for-herd-immunity-11956793

From trying to prevent people to get the virus
To
Getting people to be infected so they can be immune

These oyinbos are crazy

Believe the scientists at your risk..

Confusion everywhere...

YorubaKinging:
From trying to prevent people to get the virus
To
Getting people to be infected so they can be immune

These oyinbos are crazy

Believe the scientists at your risk..

So whats your own suggestion since the sicentist is wrong

Nairalandmonika:

So whats your own suggestion since the sicentist is wrong

Probably to take a bath in salt water while beseeching Obatala for heavenly mercies!

YorubaKinging:
From trying to prevent people to get the virus
To
Getting people to be infected so they can be immune

These oyinbos are crazy

Believe the scientists at your risk..

If you are a scientist, it would have made meaning to you. The vaccines( chicken pox, measles, polio and others) you see now been administered to children are actually attenuated/weakened strain of chicken pox, polio, measles viruses. These weakened strain are injected into the body to elicit immune response (let me break this down)...
When these weakened viruses are injected, your body respond by producing specific antibodies against these specific viruses but because they are in a weakened state, u won't fall ill.
These specific antibodies have already encountered the virus ( e.g measles) so that next time when you encounter the real virulent strain, your body quickly produce that antibody again and destroy the measles viruses. You won't notice it because u didn't fall sick.
This exactly why someone who has had chicken pox cannot never contact it again for life.
Now with this new mindset, read what that man above said again and see if it will make sense.

cc : righteousness89 nairalandmonika

The poster above me has said it all