Well, I do believe that with the concept of herd immunity that greater numbers of people will succumb to this pathogen.
But I also believe that the future misery that awaits us due to lost jobs, poverty, stress, international conflict, and lawlessness because we have destroyed an economy and people’s lives and businesses far, FAR outweighs the increased number that will die from the virus.
There’s a group of people that are really at high-risk, and others who aren’t. We could advise those who are high-risk to take extra precautions and get the less vulnerable working.
“Well, I do believe that with the concept of herd immunity that greater numbers of people will succumb to this pathogen.“
Just to help everyone out the herd immunity way does not increase the number of deaths, just as flattening the curve does not decrease the amount of deaths. The overall number of deaths will be similar with both approaches, the duration though will be massively different.
Had we done what we normally do this covid would have been done and dusted months ago. All we did with our upending of society is to prolong the virus. I see no reason to allow a virus to run any longer than is necessary.