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Assuming it’s about as bad as the flu, fine, but we have herd immunity to the flu via vaccines and antibodies, plus people with the flu are symptomatic relative
by flatline 6y ago
Assuming it’s about as bad as the flu, fine, but we have herd immunity to the flu via vaccines and antibodies, plus people with the flu are symptomatic relatively quickly. Infect the entire US population with covid-19 and you lose ca. 0.5% of the population in one swoop, or about 1.5 million people. Just like the flu, but not, and the full consequences of the infection won’t really start showing up for a couple weeks.
- jliptzin 6y agoIt would be way more than that as most would not be able to seek medical attention
- AuryGlenz 6y agoIn a good year the flu vaccine is 50% effective, and that’s pretty rare (though getting better). That’s not enough for herd immunity, and flu viruses mutate enough where we also don’t get it from naturally formed antibodies.