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I never said anything about herd immunity, all I've said is that immunity may not be long lasting. Basing an entire countries policies around a supposition tha
by intotheabyss 6y ago
I never said anything about herd immunity, all I've said is that immunity may not be long lasting.
Basing an entire countries policies around a supposition that herd immunity is practical is, in my opinion, negligence. It's only practical for diseases that don't kill 0.5-1% of the infected population.
It's been proven that lockdowns and slow reopenings work to limit spread, followed by contact tracing clusters to prevent reemergence until community vaccination programs.
Americans are just bitter that their governments are totally inept.
- __blockcipher__ 6y ago2.8 million people die in the US every year. That's 1% of the actual population. What is it about SARS-2 that makes it so that a few hundred thousand dead is impractical and negligent? (BTW, the hidden argument of yours here is that we can successfully avoid that mortality by practicing containment which I dispute)
- intotheabyss 6y agoWell I live in a country where we've contained the virus and far less than 0.25% of the population has contracted it, so you're just wrong. Maybe America can't contain, but they are the outlier in this pandemic due to their poor leadership and negligence.
- __blockcipher__ 6y agoOkay, but now your country can't let anyone into it without 2+ weeks quarantine. Similarly you need to be ready to "lockdown" (or whatever policy your country used) at any given moment if there's a flare-up. Practicing containment is like leaving a forest full of extremely dry brush. It works great until the fire starts.