to second guess how the american public might respond to the actual truth? well, i actually have to, with all due respect to you, say you are misconstruing. what i said really rather significantly. 0k. so the issue of herd immunity. and that s unfortunate that you re doing that. i would hope that you would not, but you did. so let s address it. the issue is that the idea of herd immunity is based on the fact that once you get infected, that you are then protected against re infected. we did not know until it became clear to me and others, and i was always transparent, based on the data that we had at a given time, that this virus is very unusual, because once you do get infected, you don t have a durable degree of immunity that you have, for example, when you get infected or vaccinated with measles
public might respond to the actual truth? well, i actually have to, with all due respect to you, say you are misconstruing. what i said really rather significantly. 0k. so the issue of herd immunity. and that s unfortunate that you re doing that. i would hope that you would not, but you did. so let s address it. the issue is that the idea of herd immunity is based on the fact that once you get infected that you are then protected against re infected. we did not know until it became clear to me and others, and i was always transparent, based on the data that we had at a given time, that this virus is very unusual, because once you do get infected, you don t
but i daren t say that to the american public because i felt it might discourage them from actually making the effort to go and get a vaccination. was it your role to second guess how the american public might respond to the actual truth? well, i actually have to, with all due respect to you, say you are misconstruing. what i said really rather significantly. 0k. so the issue of herd immunity. and that s unfortunate that you re doing that. i would hope that you would not, but you did. so let s address it. the issue is that the idea of herd immunity is based on the fact that once you get infected that you are then protected against re infected. we did not know until it became clear to me and others, and i was always transparent, based on the data that we had at a given time, that this virus is very unusual,