In the US at least, herd immunity went away as a goal really in like May 2020. It’s always been to flatten the curve so hospitals can deal with the sick until e

In the US at least, herd immunity went away as a goal really in like May 2020. It’s always been to flatten the curve so hospitals can deal with the sick until everyone can get vaccinated. At this point, it’s just to flatten the curve so our health care system doesn’t completely implode while everyone is slowly (or not so slowly) coming in contact with the virus. There is also international travel as a point - the vaccine isn’t available at will everywhere, so there’s some being a good neighbor in slowly the general spread of the vaccine as well.