immunity
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To achieve herd immunity, a level of vaccination that protects those who can’t get shots, a community needs around 95% of people to be immunized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Eighty-five percent of kindergarten-age students in Lancaster County, where the recent deaths occurred, are vaccinated against measles - well below the 95% rate needed for herd immunity to limit the spread and protect immunocompromised people.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"This is the first time we have shown that these differences occur at the genetic control level, providing a new layer of insight into human immunity," Dr. Ballouz says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The appellate court rejected that argument, saying Section 230 was a defense at trial, not an immunity from it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Once again an anonymous accusation was leveled against Scythe Goddard—this time accusing him of handing out immunity too freely.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
"We call on the de facto authorities to ensure compliance with the privileges and immunities of the UN and its officials."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
He celebrated the “government, which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance—but generously affording to all Liberty of conscience, and immunities of Citizenship.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Ecuador’s presidency on Friday night also alleged that Mexico’s government had “abused immunities and privileges granted to the diplomatic mission” and granted “diplomatic asylum contrary to the conventional legal framework.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
“The phone records may add to the unease of some judges and justices over the fight over presidential immunities and privileges,” said Jonathan Turley, who teaches Constitutional Law at George Washington University.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing immunity
The Constitution of the United States
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
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