How to Use community immunity in a Sentence
community immunity
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When community immunity slips, high-risk groups often pay the highest price.
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Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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When community immunity drops, outbreaks become more frequent and can spread rapidly through schools, households, and entire regions.
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Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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But researchers warn that status is in jeopardy as community immunity drops below the 95% threshold needed to prevent spread.
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Aidin Vaziri,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Feb. 2026
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This variation may cause uneven vaccine uptake, further reducing community immunity and increasing the risk of localized outbreaks.
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A.j. Russo,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Jan. 2026
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Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles but also contribute to community immunity.
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Mustafa Fattah,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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One is protecting the individual, and the other is building community immunity, which prevents your community from becoming an outbreak community.
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Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
18 Sep. 2025
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The concept of community immunity depends on collective participation.
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Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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