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CDC’s Redfield talks candidly about missteps, things that could have gone better

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If the coronavirus were just another cold or flu virus, herd immunity could probably be achieved at 70%. This virus is so much more contagious, Dr. Robert Redfield expects the world is looking at 85% to 90% “to shut this down.” “That’s my own personal speculation,” Redfield said in an hourlong Zoom conversation Monday, Dec. 14, with Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

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