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This article is "fake news" and FUD. Quoting the article: > The UK should not be trying to create herd immunity, that will take care of itself. That's a clea

This article is "fake news" and FUD. Quoting the article: > The UK should not be trying to create herd immunity, that will take care of itself. That's a clear blatant lie. UK is NOT trying to create a herd immunity. UK is trying to flatten the curve. And UK is admitting that 60% population will get invected. And then the UK will get herd immunity. For example, it is explained (again) in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRc389TvG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRc389TvG8 Feel free to downvote, that's a popular sport here on HN.

DanBC 7y ago
You keep saying the aim isn't to create herd immunity, but that was the way the government introduced the delay phase. They've pulled back a bit from it because they've seen the vehement public reaction to it. Cummings may well be evil, but he's not stupid.
- lightgreen 7y ago
  > They've pulled back a bit from it because they've seen the vehement public reaction to it. They did not. I watched an hour long full press conference by PM and two adisors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRadMzCKnCU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRadMzCKnCU I also watched an hour long Chris Witty Q&A for MP following day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfJcwDaZrsA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfJcwDaZrsA Both of these talks were about flattening the curve because of NHS capacity etc etc. The scientists mentioned herd immunity couple times, but not like they are intentionally trying to create it. It was rather like: herd immunity will happen in several months. > Cummings may well be evil, but he's not stupid. Likely he got his information from dishonest journalist articles and started self-promotion. But it's a shame that smart people on HN continue to retransmit this fake.
  - tigershark 7y ago
    Maybe you were quite distracted while watching it. As far as I remember the only advice they gave during that press conference was to stay at home for 7 days only if you have a cough. Does it look like flattening the curve to you? To me it looks like “let’s increase the contagion and the deaths as much as possible” compared to what every other country was doing at the time.
    - lightgreen 7y ago
      Yes, I remember that. They told to do so because otherwise economy will be hurt and people get tired of self-isolation. Not to intentionally create herd immunity.

DanBC 7y ago

You keep saying the aim isn't to create herd immunity, but that was the way the government introduced the delay phase. They've pulled back a bit from it because they've seen the vehement public reaction to it. Cummings may well be evil, but he's not stupid.

lightgreen 7y ago
> They've pulled back a bit from it because they've seen the vehement public reaction to it. They did not. I watched an hour long full press conference by PM and two adisors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRadMzCKnCU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRadMzCKnCU I also watched an hour long Chris Witty Q&A for MP following day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfJcwDaZrsA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfJcwDaZrsA Both of these talks were about flattening the curve because of NHS capacity etc etc. The scientists mentioned herd immunity couple times, but not like they are intentionally trying to create it. It was rather like: herd immunity will happen in several months. > Cummings may well be evil, but he's not stupid. Likely he got his information from dishonest journalist articles and started self-promotion. But it's a shame that smart people on HN continue to retransmit this fake.
- tigershark 7y ago
  Maybe you were quite distracted while watching it. As far as I remember the only advice they gave during that press conference was to stay at home for 7 days only if you have a cough. Does it look like flattening the curve to you? To me it looks like “let’s increase the contagion and the deaths as much as possible” compared to what every other country was doing at the time.
  - lightgreen 7y ago
    Yes, I remember that. They told to do so because otherwise economy will be hurt and people get tired of self-isolation. Not to intentionally create herd immunity.