Lockdown can't persist until a validated treatment or vaccine. I take COVID very seriously, and I don't think it's reasonable to pursue herd immunity. But we need to start seeing some solid proposals for the next phase of the war.
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It's a small consolation, but as infection rates creep up (hopefully slowly) under containment, the size of the gap to herd immunity shrinks. So there is a kind of de facto, slow-motion herd immunity that we move toward even if we don't come up with something better.
I don't see this as a good thing, necessarily; I think there's a decent chance we're clipping some life years off the median person >40 years of age who catches this and recovers. But it's inevitable.
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Oh, I agree. Nothing about this is good. I'm just saying that there may be glide-path to herd immunity that avoids a surge overwhelming the hospital system, etc.
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Also likely median person okay but substantial minority have meaningful long-term harm/lower life expectancy
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