This is why the term "herd immunity" outside the context of vaccines should basically be banned from discussionhttps://twitter.com/rachel_elisse/status/1254808574003421186 …
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"You see, I learned each of the Killbots had a hardwired kill limit So I devised the strategy of sending wave after wave of my own men at them, until each of the Killbots hit their kill limit, shutting down harmlessly"pic.twitter.com/GWoUlKGUDq
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Because a lot of deaths = statistic
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Aren't they trying to say "thinning the herd" euphemistically
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I think they're used to thinking of it as such because it's the reason for vaccinating. It's not quite the same thing when herd immunity requires people to actually survive the disease.
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New York City having 25% of the population with antibodies (and thus presumed immune) is a silver lining to the dark cloud of "tens of thousands of people died", not the goal, and if we'd gotten there in half the time many more people would have died due to lack of hospital beds
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My version of this analogy: Herd immunity *is* the ground. You get there one way or another. It's about the journey, not the destination.
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