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I beg to differ. We still have no idea which policy will prove correct in the long run because the Covid-19 timeline (6–8 months) is still too short. It's not
by zozin 6y ago
I beg to differ. We still have no idea which policy will prove correct in the long run because the Covid-19 timeline (6–8 months) is still too short. It's not outside the realm of possibility that letting the virus burn through the population is more beneficial; it's possible that in 2-3 years the United States will have herd immunity and Covid-19 is in the back-mirror, while countries that followed China's model still has to shut down cities relatively frequently as outbreaks inevitable occur.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoAnd note that this isn't a "oh maybe in the future" thing - coronavirus lockdowns in China never stopped, they just fell out of the news cycle. The city of Urumqi has been under full lockdown for the past month or so.
- liuliu 6y agoHave we reached herd immunity against other coronaviruses?
- wizzwizz4 6y agoInfluenza type ZZ-plural-Zα?
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoYes. Herd immunity doesn't mean that the disease is eradicated, just that outbreaks are self-containing. We don't see cases where the existing coronaviruses spread suddenly across an entire city, and they're deadly enough to at-risk populations that we'd notice if it happened.
- xster 6y agoIt's a bit of reductionist false dichotomy. I think it's fair to say that China is putting a decent amount of weight on vaccine development as well.