have we achieved herd immunity?

Asked about the positive evolution of the epidemic in France, Bruno Mégarbane, head of the intensive care unit at the Lariboisière hospital in Paris, explained that we are coming to “the end of the fifth wave, that is, the one related to Omicron. But we cannot say, today, that we are at the end of the epidemic, or of the SARS-CoV 2 infection.“. The epidemic situation now makes it possible to envisage the progressive and gradual lifting of health restrictions.

“We have reached collective immunity which makes it possible to approach “living with the virus” more calmly. Conversely, unfortunately, acquired collective immunity does not protect against the individual risk of being infected and developing a serious form, especially for fragile people or non-vaccinated people (…). All vaccinated and immuno-competent people, today, with Omicron, no longer risk much.“