LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Rotary Edges Toward In Person Meetings There comes a time in the history of an epidemic when the risk of discomfort, disability and death begins to be outweighed by the risks of continued isolation and continued restrictions on normal societal behavior. If we can stay the course on the rate of vaccinations that we’ve seen lately since the mega-sites opened, we can soon reach that point. The CDC has indicated that if all the individuals in…
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LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 ‘Herd Immunity’ Will Happen – But When? By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com We have heard the phrase herd immunity frequently and it has been used as if it has some sort of magical powers to free us from the scourge of COVID-19. But what exactly is it and how does it work? Herd immunity is the concept that when a high enough percentage of a population has immunity to a disease, either…