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/ …
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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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What countermeasures are these? The vulnerable, which could include 20 or 25% of the population (over 60, and/or with co-morbidity) do not live in a separate sphere from the young. What you propose is easy to write but seems fanciful in practice.
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It's about the relative share, not absolutes!
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With age-targeted counter measures, the young/healthy will catch it somewhat more quickly than the old, but many or most of the old (and otherwise at-risk) will eventually catch it from the young/healthy.
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Why should that be?
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