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Originally Posted by Adder
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.
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Here’s an alternative: Live your life.
That’s what people are increasingly deciding to do. And if you do it cautiously, you can do about 80% of what you did pre-Covid.
Risk is unavoidable unless you’d prefer to be a hermit. I think I’ll be careful and diligent, but I’ll accept some risk. That was the option I chose at the outset and I’ve not deviated (even when I got sick as fuck with something a few weeks back, I’d no regrets).
If one refuses masks and acts recklessly, he’ll have regrets. He’s a fool. But if you do all you can, well... you’ve done all you can.
Can’t stay home and hidden forever.
