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It's a misstatement that's not needed to make the point - if we assume 8 million infected, that's far too few to talk about herd immunity; and achieving herd im
by PeterisP 6y ago
It's a misstatement that's not needed to make the point - if we assume 8 million infected, that's far too few to talk about herd immunity; and achieving herd immunity would involve many times more deaths than the current (already very sad) number.
- robocat 6y ago> It's a misstatement How do you know that? My point is that the misstatement is so commonly made, and I am trying to understand why it is so very common, from someone who has made the statement in such a way that it is harder for them to generate an excuse for the mistake (edit: and high karma, so presumably educated, informed, and maybe has nous to self-reflect). An order of magnitude difference does matter to me, and I think if the infected population is over 10%, then that is significant. I apologise for being rude though.