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Meanings of community immunity in English

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A form of indirect protection from infectious disease that occurs when a large percentage of a population has become immune to an infection, whether through infection or vaccination, thereby providing a measure of protection for individuals who are not immune.

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        Usage of community immunity in English
        1
        At the time, California's vaccination rates were below the 94 percent threshold needed to establish community immunity for measles.
        Wired
        2
        A much better term is " community immunity".
        The Irish Times
        3
        Call it community immunity.
        Wired