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Herd thinking, meet herd immunity

By Aimee Whitcroft • 01/05/2012 This post was syndicated from misc.ience » Science - View original source


A fantastic cartoon, courtesy of Scientific American and by Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham, explains herd immunity (and highlights the problem with herd thinking).

Cheers to Explore, where I found this!

herd thinking vs herd immunity

By Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham


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