A lot of people seem to completely misunderstand herd immunity Immunity is about CASES, not DEATHS or HOSPITALIZATIONS Even if deaths were to decrease, if cases are rising it is not herd immunity BY DEFINITION
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To put it another way, no one describes us as having herd immunity to the common cold, so it makes no sense to talk about a situation where COVID-19 becomes less lethal in those terms
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They don’t care. It’s just wishful thinking. It always was The maths models made a convincing case on exposure heterogeneity, but the parameters they assumed always looked way optimistic. With each rev, they have more forced a desired outcome rather than fitting the data
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....and the alternative “low HIT” theory of some hocus pocus ‘dark matter immunity’ was always bullshit, based on a poor assumption from Diamond Princess that should have been junked long ago as it’s obviously not robust However, it’s now an article of faith

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