Romina Libster: The power of herd immunity by TED.com

Publication date 2015-02-25
Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0Creative Commons Licensebyncnd
Topics Tedtalks, TED, Talks, health, health care, illness, medicine, virus, TEDxRiodelaPlata, 2014
Contributor Access Humboldt - Eureka, CA
How do vaccines prevent disease — even among people too young to get vaccinated? It's a concept called "herd immunity," and it relies on a critical mass of people getting their shots to break the chain of infection. Health researcher Romina Libster shows how herd immunity contained a deadly outbreak of H1N1 in her hometown. (In Spanish with subtitles.)
Addeddate 2015-02-25 17:14:03
Closed captioning no
Duration 886
Event TEDxRiodelaPlata
Filmed 1416441600
Identifier RominaLibster_2014X
Original-download http://download.ted.com/talks/RominaLibster_2014X-480p.mp4?apikey=TEDDOWNLOAD
Original-html http://www.ted.com/talks/romina_libster_the_power_of_herd_immunity
Published 1424880203
Run time 00:14:46
Series tedtalks
Slug romina_libster_the_power_of_herd_immunity
Speaker Romina Libster
Talk-id 2185
Year 2014