As the world reaches the terrible milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19, the countries with the highest death tolls are still struggling.
Today the world reached a new threshold of misery in the coronavirus pandemic. At least 1 million people have now died of COVID-19. That's according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Joining us now is NPR global health correspondent Nurith Aizenman. Hey, Nurith.CHANG: So 1 million lives gone - I mean, it's incredible to think we're reaching this death toll in less than a year.
MONICA GANDHI: People can do one thing during all of this, which is pick up their cloth from their, you know, outfit and put it over their mouth and nose. If it reduces the amount of virus you get in so you get less sick, I think it could be driving down the severity of infection.AIZENMAN: Yeah. You get a lower dose of the virus. Maybe you're more likely to survive. Another theory - maybe people in India have been more exposed to previous coronaviruses, which gives them some immunity.
AIZENMAN: Monica Gandhi says quite possibly. This is what's called herd immunity, of course. And, you know, Gandhi stresses it should not be pursued as a strategy because if you're reaching herd immunity through widespread infections as opposed to vaccinations, along the way, a lot of people will still die.AIZENMAN: Rather, she says herd immunity is a potential helpful effect we may notice in the coming months.
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