Because it somehow keeps coming up, here's my new piece on herd immunity and COVID-19, and why it's still not the silver bullet some people wish forhttps://medium.com/@gidmk/herd-immunity-for-covid-19-is-still-a-terrible-idea-a7ce15354c43 …
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It's ~plausible~ that some areas with infection rates in the 15-20% range might experience a sort of immunity, where the epidemic slows substantially, but if these communities change over time then they'll be right where they started off
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Similarly, places that have reduced their level of spread through both social distancing interventions AND some level of community immunity - like Sweden - still need to maintain the social distancing to keep control of their epidemic
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The best way out of this mess remains, it seems, keeping up our social distancing measures, and waiting for a vaccine to reduce the risk of COVID-19 to manageable levels
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