Behind the Numbers: How are Covid-19 immunity rates calculated?
Behind the Numbers is our video series that takes you behind the mathematics in some of the everyday calculations that impact our lives.
In our next instalment of Behind the Numbers, Prof. Jane Heffernan, who leads the Modelling Infection and Immunity Lab at York University, breaks down what goes on behind the numbers when we look at Covid-19 immunity.
Her research focuses on how immunity is distributed by age, vaccination status and infection rate, and how the distribution of immunity in a population can affect the fall resurgence we're currently facing. Listen to how she and her team arrive at the math behind the percentages you see in the news.