Herd Immunity - Page 4

CoffeeNut · ‎03-15-2010

agb80 · ‎10-16-2020

@Trinity11 wrote:
It does not bother me as I see it as a positive. It will be music to my ears when Dr. Fauci has a news conference claiming that we finally have herd immunity...

I see it as a positive too..

bmorechick · ‎03-11-2010

"Human beings are herd animals. We survive only in highly coordinated groups. Individually, we are designed to pick up social cues and coordinate and align our behavior with those around us." Could not find the source to give credit.

Although lately those groups are anything but highly coordinated...our brethren animals have better behavior...pathetic

Etoile308 · ‎01-04-2014

Sad that some don't realize the noun "herd" has more than one definition.

Pook · ‎03-20-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:

@Goldengate8361 wrote:
Might be disrespectful to cows. Cows are much more rational than many humans' behaviors we have seen in the last 12 months.
@Goldengate8361. Cows are dumb, dumb, dumb and they are not rational. Ever see a Western movie of a stampede caused by a thunderstorm? That's herd behavior in cattle.

@CoffeeNut

@Kachina624 So what is that saying about the behavor of so many? I agree with @CoffeeNut and @Goldengate8361.

AngelPuppy1 · ‎03-13-2010

I agree -- I instantly think of a herd of cattle and then I think --- is this how we are all thought of??? Just a bunch of animals that they have to deal with? Not a good term at all! It really is demeaning.....

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." - Steve Martin

sarahpanda · ‎03-11-2010

I would think that the word 'herd' is used more often in relation to animals ...but one of the definitions of 'herd' is ''a group of people usually having a common bond'''....I'd say the word ''herd'' fits the situation here also.

shoesnbags · ‎03-10-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:
Does anyone else dislike this term as much as I? Everytime I hear it, I feel scientists think of us as a herd of cattle or some kind of animals. Why couldn't they just call it "group immunity". Herd immunity doesn't sound very professional or official IMO.

No, can't say it bothers me at all. But I'd heard the term "herd immunity" long before COVID and knew the meaning. So hearing it now didn't make an impression on me one way or the other. But all of those constant up-close shots of needles going into arms? Ugh!!

"Breathe in, breathe out, move on." Jimmy Buffett

Another new name Sue · ‎03-11-2010

@Kachina624 I don't care about the term "herd immunity." We all know what it means. We all want it.

As for the thousands and thousands of images and videos of people having a needle pushed into their arm, I do agree with you on that, kachina. Why dies that have to be shown over and over?? I have to look away. I thought I was the only one squeamish about seeing that so many times.