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> We need to super-nova this thing Is there a precedent for "us" doing this? Surely some pandemics have "super-nova'ed" themselves, but having "us" encourage
by throwhauser 5y ago
> We need to super-nova this thing
Is there a precedent for "us" doing this? Surely some pandemics have "super-nova'ed" themselves, but having "us" encourage faster and wider spread as policy seems risky and unusual.
- Consultant32452 5y agoPeople used to throw chicken pox parties to infect their kids at a young age because, while there is some risk to the young, it's much more dangerous to get chicken pox as an older person. Do you know any other diseases where there's virtually no risk to young children but very high risk to the elderly?
- nostrademons 5y agoLots of them - polio, tuberculosis, chickenpox, influenza, ebola, typhus, salmonella, etc. There's a recent paper on this here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00668-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00668-y
- Consultant32452 5y agoYou forgot covid.
- bruce511 5y agoI'm not going to go so far as to say we throw Covid infection parties :) But things like travel restrictions, should (and in some cases are) being lifted. I appreciate the need for govts to be seen to do something "new variant? quick, lock the borders..", but as data emerges that this is "the one to get" there's no need to inhibit the economy in the name of public health, when that inhibition leads to a worse, not better outcome. Our best case scenario right now is that a) the virus spreads really fast, and b) it's not lethal (or at least no more lethal than anything else in life.) Ultimately we all need to build up immunity from this thing - whether that's via vaccines or contractions everyone is free to take their pick. but 5 years from now we'll all have anti-bodies for it one way or the other...
- bigodbiel 5y agoi agree, no lockdowns or travel bans, but less drastic NPIs seem to be the way