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There isn't enough evidence of long term immunity to make herd immunity a sensible strategy. It's smeared by the media b/c it's way less preferable than the alt
by phantom0308 6y ago
There isn't enough evidence of long term immunity to make herd immunity a sensible strategy. It's smeared by the media b/c it's way less preferable than the alternative of containing it like nearly every developed country in the world.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/immunity-to-covid-19-uk-study.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/immunity-to-covid-19-uk-stud...
- ashtonkem 6y ago“This strategy would kill over half a million Americans” isn’t even really a smear, it’s an accurate description of why the herd immunity strategy is bad.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoIt's neither a smear nor an accurate description. It's fear mongering.
- ashtonkem 6y agoThey said the same about tens of thousands dying; we’re now at 141k dead Americans. If you want to dismiss it as “fear mongering” that’s your prerogative, just don’t be surprised that most people find this unconvincing.