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To: RomanSoldier19

Yeah... I don’t think so.

With some of these guesstimates of millions of undiagnosed asymptomatic cases, the Covid-19 virus would have to be the most contagious virus known. If it is that contagious, then reaching herd immunity is impossible. With measles, the most contagious virus known, herd immunity means ~95% of the people must be immune in order to break transmission. But these stories going around that covid-19 is orders of magnitude more contagious (biologically implausible, but okay), herd immunity would require even a greater proportion of immune people, if not 100% immunity.

There are also reports that antibodies might not provide immunity, or that immunity might not last long. If either of these turn out to be the case, then herd immunity is flat-out impossible.


3 posted on 04/27/2020 6:29:37 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: exDemMom

And there are reports of 99.1% survival.

We have dueling anonymous reports!


4 posted on 04/27/2020 6:32:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have guessed the Communist Revolution would arrive disguised as the common cold?)
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To: exDemMom

60% is what scientists say...maybe you don’t understand the concept.


7 posted on 04/27/2020 6:43:31 PM PDT by impimp
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To: exDemMom

We have a vaccine for measles, that is why we have “herd immunity”

Sweden isn’t getting herd immunity

They are getting sick

And already started social distancing

Hospitals are already flooding

It is going to get ugly there

I would not be surprised they kick out foreign or even national media

These “perfect” European Utopias always block the bad press when the SHTF


9 posted on 04/27/2020 6:46:43 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: exDemMom

I have not seen any reporting that claims that COVID is anywhere near as contagious as the measles. You’ve seen that claimed somewhere?


15 posted on 04/27/2020 6:59:55 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your dut!!y in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: exDemMom

You’re one of the most incredibly negative people I’ve ever met :-)


22 posted on 04/27/2020 7:12:32 PM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists dont point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: exDemMom

If antibodies that you make don’t work in the future, a vaccine never will either.


55 posted on 04/28/2020 4:19:34 AM PDT by Codeflier (Covid-19 taught me: Two types of "conservatives", frightened safety seekers vs. freedom lovers)
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