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Is this taking into account possible reinfection and mutation rates? There's a lot about the virus we don't know.
by kayodelycaon 6y ago
Is this taking into account possible reinfection and mutation rates? There's a lot about the virus we don't know.
- zarathustreal 6y agoExactly. Everyone’s talking about herd immunity without knowing if it’s A) possible or B) effective. When it mutates we’re back where we started
- redisman 6y agoWouldn’t that be the case with a vaccine too? Mutations could also move it away from the Goldilocks properties it has right now for massive spread.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThe controversies over reinfection were about the idea of immunity passports, which are much more sensitive to small errors - if 10% of people can get a mild reinfection, that's a rounding error in herd immunity but a distastrous gap in immunity passports. Epidemiologists are very confident that people who recover from the virus get substantial and reasonably long-lasting immunity.
- fzeroracer 6y ago> Epidemiologists are very confident that people who recover from the virus get substantial and reasonably long-lasting immunity. Citation?