Do we have 'immunity debt' and how could it affect our infection risk?

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Do we have 'immunity debt' and how could it affect our infection risk?
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The covid-19 lockdowns may mean we have 'immunity debt' - but what is it? And how could it affect our risk of other infections?

, which is the rate for seasonal influenza. This contributed to almost all countries abandoning most covid-19 restrictions at varying timepoints in 2022.

But arguments are still raging about which was the better covid-19 policy initially – to lock down or let it rip. And that colours nearly every new development in the coronavirus story, including which population groups should be offered booster vaccines and, of course, the latest focus on immunity debt.opinion piece I mentioned earlier tries to resolve these differences by saying that it is true that lockdowns cause immunity debt at the population level, but not at the individual level.

who might not have caught it otherwise. They also affect individuals who have difficulties accessing medical care because services are overwhelmed, as is happening in some parts of the UK. It is possible for two things to be true: it was right to have lockdowns and yet the restrictions also had downsides. Pretending those downsides don’t exist when they are staring us in the face doesn’t win any arguments.

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