Published:
May 29, 2020
"Herd immunity … is not something to aim for in correctional settings," said LBJ’s Michele Deitch, "because that basically means the agency has not been able to prevent the spread, and countless people have suffered through the ill-effects of the virus and many have died. … Plus, there is such a huge churn of population in the jail that the virus will continue spreading to people on the outside, regardless of whether people inside are in some way protected by the herd."