When the world had its eyes focused on China, Italy and Iran, I watched Borris Johnson’s first live plan of action to fight Corona Outbreak. I found that approach the most appealing and perfect as a doctor. His major approach aimed at creating Herd Immunity amongst the populace. I actually applauded his approach and discussed with my friends and colleagues. But unfortunately, health and Epidemiological SoPs took a back seat to the politics which promoted doomsday scenario and cried for lock downs and curfews. Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan had exactly the same concept of Herd Immunity in mind where Social Distancing is promoted, encouraged and enforced at times but no Lock Downs. [bs-quote quote=”The mathematics are simple: It is a fact that 80% recover without symptoms. 20% will develop symptoms and will recover at home. Out of this 20% a fraction would need hospitalization and out of those even a smaller fraction will need ICU and further smaller fraction could die.” style=”style-17″ align=”center” color=”#dd0000″ author_name=”Faisal Bukhari “][/bs-quote] So whats the fuss about? Let the 80% develop immunity and let them move around doing their jobs and businesses. Yes, it is a pandemic but when 8 people out of … Continue reading Herd Immunity: Has Pakistan developed it?