Herd Immunity

Adam Bergeron is looking forward to reopening the Balboa Theater, the independent movie theater in San Francisco he owns and operates.

As more and more of the United States population gets vaccinated against COVID-19, many are wondering when will enough people be vaccinated for life to return to normal?

Health officials say vaccine hesitancy is the biggest challenge to reach herd immunity, but local experts believe COVID-19 case rates can still decrease enough for a return to normal.

Health officials say vaccine hesitancy is the biggest challenge to reach herd immunity, but local experts believe COVID-19 case rates can still reduce enough for a return to normal. Ian Cull reports.

UCSF infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong joins NBC Bay Area to talk about the fight against COVID-19 and the possibility of herd immunity being reached.

Millions have been working hard for months to make sure every American who qualifies to get the COVID-19 vaccine can get it in order to reach herd immunity. But a new study from the Kaiser Foundation warns they may have a new problem: not enough people who want to get the vaccine.

Millions of health care workers, volunteers, and lawmakers have been working hard for months to make sure every American who qualifies to get the COVID-19 vaccine can get it in order to reach herd immunity. Anoushah Rasta reports.

When asked on Friday about what percentage of the U.S. will need to be vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the number is still unknown, saying, “I think we need to get away from waiting for this mystical, elusive number and just say to get as many people as we possibly can get vaccinated, as...

Are enough people willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine for the globe to reach herd immunity? Scientists say it will be difficult but not impossible. But if we make it, it’s still years away. Lili Tan reports.

Are enough people willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine for the globe to reach herd immunity? Scientists say it will be difficult but not impossible. But if we make it, it’s still years away.

There’s a lot of talk these days about how herd immunity will be our ticket out of the pandemic. Here’s what you need to know about what herd immunity is and how we get it.

The COVID-19 vaccine could be arriving next week. But don’t be fooled, we’re not in the clear. Masks and social distancing will still be the norm for months. So what needs to happen for us to get back to normal? Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

The COVID-19 vaccine could be arriving next week. But don’t be fooled, we’re not in the clear. Masks and social distancing will still be the norm for months. So what needs to happen for us to get back to normal? Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday denounced the concept of “herd immunity” — the idea that a disease will stop spreading once nearly everybody has contracted it —calling it “total nonsense”

In recent days, the White House has appeared to embrace the concept of “herd immunity” as a way to return to normal life despite the coronavirus. Dr. Jay Wolfson, the senior associate dean at the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine, helps us understand the high risk of relying on this strategy to stop the spread of COVID-19....