Basically, the price of achieving any level of "natural herd immunity" to a disease is suffering and death, often on a massive scale, with the disease still there afterwards, to flare up again if the "natural immunity" isn't lifelong and to target new members of the population.
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@gorskon Is there even any guarantee that we will develop enough herd immunity to ward off future outbreaks, absent an actual vaccine? -
No, there’s not, although transmission will definitely slow down when a large enough percentage of the population is immune.
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And possibly bankruptcy for those uninsured who suffer permanent lung issues.
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I'm no anti vaxer (nor ignoramus) but just throwing around buzzwords w no detail is disingenuous to me. When I hear natural
#HerdImmunity for fit school kids in#Covid19au I hear a strategy implying an eventual well-timed school lockdown; coinciding w isolation. What do u hear?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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