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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
1 We are ahead of them. Like it or not, we are going for herd immunity, if there is such a thing.
2 Dunno what the other countries hope for, but they can't wall off their borders for long. What do you think Europe's tourism industry is looking like with no Americans? How long can that go on?
3 And what is the alternative? There is not going to be a vaccine anytime soon. My state was on pretty strict lock down. It flattened the curve, delayed shit, but shit is hitting now. In fact most of the country is seeing way higher rates than they were a few weeks ago www.covidactnow.org |
The question isn't what's the alternative. There is no reason to believe herd immunity is even possible. Everyone has had a cold. No herd immunity there. Small pox ravaged humanity for literal millenia, no herd immunity until there was inoculation/vaccination. This thing does not appear to be virulent enough to spread fast enough for herd immunity to be at all realistic (i.e., we're 10 months in and nowhere is approaching the minimum infection levels required).
We'll get herd immunity when we get a vaccine. The option until then is to continue to try to control the spread.
