# The power of herd immunity

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxRiodelaPlata
- Speaker: Romina Libster
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/romina_libster_the_power_of_herd_immunity)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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 English subtitles)

## Lectures

1. [The power of herd immunity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/romina_libster_the_power_of_herd_immunity/7eaa6a369fa3), 15 min (TED's player)