a) large number of people that catches COVID will bring us closer to ~20% threshold needed for herd immunity / saturation (see Sweden and NYC). b) young people very rarely die from COVID, so achieving herd immunity this way can be the smartest way to do it.
Later we will ask why it seemed a good idea to (a) bring together large numbers of people (b) in their teens and early twenties (c) just as the second wave was starting.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/17/alabama-georgia-college-parties-covid/ …
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@NPR shortwave and you will understand that herd immunity will most likely never happen.https://www.npr.org/2020/08/07/900323554/why-herd-immunity-wont-save-us …
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Should we open up or err on the side of caution for longer?https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1236032074232012807 …
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can't keep them apart anyway... why not have them learn?
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1. Society puts too much weight on a bachelors. 2. Colleges have an interest in kids returning. 3. Significant amounts of mis & disinfo out there re: real risks.
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Don't assume mortality is the largest factor in the cost of acute cases. There are elite athletes that have had their careers shortened by a COVID-19 infection. They have lifelong after effects.
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Commercial flight behavior ditto, right?pic.twitter.com/I0fIOvudiV
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An answer to the age-old question: how many people would university administrators sacrifice to protect their pay, and avoid tapping into their billion-dollar endowments?
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