Harvard doctor warns ‘troubling’ cases indicate coronavirus herd immunity is ‘wishful thinking’

By Madison Dibble

Published July 13, 2020 3:38pm ET

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Harvard doctor warns ‘troubling’ cases indicate coronavirus herd immunity is ‘wishful thinking’ — Herd immunity for the coronavirus may be “wishful thinking,” according to Dr. Clay Ackerly. Ackerly, a primary care physician who was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, said he recently had a patient test positive for coronavirus several months after previously recovering from COVID-19. His 50-year-old patient not only caught COVID-19 a second time, […]

Herd immunity for the coronavirus may be “wishful thinking,” according to Dr. Clay Ackerly.

Ackerly, a primary care physician who was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, said he recently had a patient test positive for coronavirus several months after previously recovering from COVID-19. His 50-year-old patient not only caught COVID-19 a second time, but the doctor said that the latest infection was much worse than the initial illness.

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