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 id

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.