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Los Angeles Coronavirus Update: 24 New Deaths In County; Official Slams Herd Immunity Theory

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Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLocal health officials on Thursday reported 24 new deaths from COVID-19 in Los Angeles County over the past 24 hours and 1,233 new cases.

The countrywide totals now stand at 6,834 deaths and more than 286,000 confirmed cases.Authorities also said that nearly 723 people remain hospitalized with the disease throughout the county.Meanwhile, the county’s top health officer today blasted the “herd immunity” theory — which the idea that the virus will spread through the low-risk population most likely to survive the infection, leading to a naturally occurring immune response — as “in many senses, unethical and immoral.” “There’s been a lot of discussion among our public health and health sciences communities, and they.

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