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A team of researchers from the University of Oxford’s Zoology Department, led by Professor Sunetra Gupta, produced a model that suggests as little as 20 percent of the population may need to be resistant to the virus to prevent a resurgence of an epidemic. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/herd-immunity-threshold-against-covid-19-may-be-lower-believed-researchers Preview Open

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  (St. Helena is a small agricultural town (pop. 6,000) in the heart of the Napa Valley. Like many small towns across our land Main St. is dead. The wine industry is laying off workers and only 3 business are open on the Main drag. Thousands are unemployed). Preview Open

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In 1956, an infant contracted whooping cough. It was agonizing for the family to watch a child suffer through this illness. She was so sick one day that her parents had to call the fire department; they were able to revive her and likely saved her life. This incident took place just before the whooping cough vaccine came out.

That infant was my sister.

We are now experiencing a serious measles outbreak in this country, primarily because so many parents still believe the myth that vaccines cause autism. Even though the study that made this claim was debunked, the lie has remained alive. Now we have children coming down with measles currently at alarming levels, because so many children have not been vaccinated: