Swine vets are working with medical doctors to apply the principles of her immunity practiced on farm to populations of workers in packing plants. Herd immunity is everyday language for swine veterinarians and managers. The synergies with the current Covid-19 pandemic are evident and algorithms from swine production provide strong skeletons for building human herd immunity models.
Source: PORK, April 24, 2020. Link. High-volume rapid testing for Covid-19 remains a barrier to containment. Tim Loula, DVM, says that after health workers, testing food plant workers is high priority. He believes the food industry could serve as a good model to help people know how to bring groups back together and not panic as the economy gets back up to speed again.