Hard to believe we are still talking about herd immunity as a national strategy. @nataliexdean and I wrote about this in April, and I remember discussions as far back as March. We can do better.https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/29/antibody-test-coronavirus-fatality-immunity/ …
Herd immunity is not a strategy, but a scientifically proven phenomena that we will eventually reach whichever strategy we pursue. What we public health scientists must talk about is how to minimize mortality until we get there.https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/herd-immunity-is-still-key-in-the-fight-against-covid-19 …
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Your article elides the fact that this is an infectious disease. Are you seriously suggesting that it is possible to prevent spread from infected children and young people to the elderly by telling seniors to stay away from bars? Your take is bad and you should feel bad.
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There are no historical observations or scientific studies that support the confinement by quarantine of groups of possibly infected people for extended periods in order to slow the spread of influenza - Donald Henderson, defeated smallpox.https://www.aier.org/article/how-a-free-society-deals-with-pandemics-according-to-legendary-epidemiologist-and-smallpox-eradicator-donald-henderson/ …
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With all due respect for the expertise that your title, profession & current job seem to indicate that you have, & that I do believe that you have: this article could have been written by an eugenicist. Please, before publishing such a thing, ask a professional writer for help.
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Found your "lay person" coverage really useful. Also appreciated your citation here:https://reaction.life/we-may-already-have-herd-immunity-an-interview-with-professor-sunetra-gupta/?fbclid=IwAR0ucQOKcLEDQNapy0RRFx3TQQ_VhiCANyFWZAzmRoUfHVp8BpablTZxceE …
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Yes yes yes!
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We will eventually reach at what human cost? Even with an IFR of 1%, only counting the 200 million adults in the US, that means approx 2,000,000 of us will die.
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About 3 million people die in the US every year. A big proportion are old and/or very sick, which is precisely the demographic most at risk from covid. So most of the people who die from covid are (sadly) dying anyway - covid or lockdowns will not change the 3 million number much
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