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Variolation is a good idea with or without attenuated virus. That just improves on it. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2020/03/variolation-may-cut-covid19-deaths

Variolation is a good idea with or without attenuated virus. That just improves on it. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2020/03/variolation-may-cut-covid19-deaths-3-30x.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2020/03/variolation-may-cut-co... I'd like to sign up for it either way, assuming medical supervision.

danieltillett 7y ago
This suggestion is not really variolation. Real variolation involved infecting a person with an attenuated strain of smallpox, not just a low dose. While the idea by Robin might help to build herd immunity relatively safely those infected will still be a hazard to the vulnerable around them and it won’t lead to a long term solution.