Former White House COVIKD-19 Coordinator Says Officials Never Promised Vaccines Would Prevent Infection...

by Chris Pandolfo at Blaze Media

Former White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Wednesday that although more than half of Americans have been infected with the COVID-19 virus or vaccinated, the U.S. has still not met a herd immunity threshold to end the pandemic.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data on Tuesday showing that nearly 60% of Americans have coronavirus antibodies in their blood. The number of children with COVID-19 antibodies is even higher — almost 75% of children 11 and younger have antibodies, providing at least some protection from the virus.

Even so, CDC officials are still encouraging people to get vaccinated to increase protection against severe disease, and Birx echoed their concerns, adding that the U.S. is still far from herd immunity against the virus.

“The issue with herd immunity, we know natural infection and we know now vaccination doesn’t lead to long-term protection against infection,” Birx said on “America’s Newsroom.”

“So this isn’t like measles, mumps, and rubella, where you get [the vaccine] and you’re protected for a long time. We know now with this virus that natural infection and the immunity that you develop does not lead to durable long-term protection.”…