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I suspect if masking continues for long enough, societies will lose herd immunity to essentially all viruses. In most cases that would take 5-10 years, though.
by sbinthree 4y ago
I suspect if masking continues for long enough, societies will lose herd immunity to essentially all viruses. In most cases that would take 5-10 years, though.
- resoluteteeth 4y agoWhat viruses do we have herd immunity to that we will lose if people aren't exposed for 5-10 years due to wearing masks?
- runnerup 4y agoIndeed. Who’s to say that viruses might not lose their ability to infect humans if humans don’t carry them for the next 10-15 years? If everyone strictly followed the teachings of Christ and all humans were monogamous for an entire generation, would we lose herd immunity to STDs or would STDs go extinct?
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- akhmatova 4y agoIn exchange for mask immunity, which seems to work better.
- runnerup 4y agoWell the argument is masks work better until there’s a mask shortage for any reason, or any large drop in percentage of people wearing a mask. Then you might see an impactfully large pandemic that could have been avoided if we had more frequent sub clinical or non epidemic infections over the preceeding decades. For example if there were a war and China cut off EU/USA supply for N95’s. In the 1-6 months it might take USA to build domestic capacity there could be a large outbreak of something which cripples our national readiness at a critical time.
- akhmatova 4y agoIf war breaks out with China the current pandemic will be the least of your worries.