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Of Cross-Immunity, Herd Immunity and Country-Specific Plans: Experiences from COVID-19 in India

2020-09-11

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India has witnessed a high number of COVID-19 cases, but mortality has been quite low, and most cases have been asymptomatic or mild. In early April, we had hypothesized a low COVID-19 mortality in India, based on the concept of cross-immunity. The presence of cross-immunity is presumed to lead to a milder course of disease and allow the time necessary for the development of adaptive immunity by the body to elimin...

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Literature Corpus work: e052af98-4624-5bbf-a389-904168719bc9
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3687256

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