Those authors are not doctors nor am I, but herd immunity will very likely if we follow Dr. Redfield’s advice (CDC DIRECTOR) and universally mask, which reduces viral load both in and out, and which tends to reduce deaths and the severity of the disease.
IDK if herd immunity can be achieved with this virus. It appears that natural immunity is short lived.
There are the questions of antibody dependent enhancement and re-activation of the virus.
The unique characteristics of this virus make the creation of a vaccine very difficult. I doubt that there will be a safe and effective vaccine. The ulterior motives for a vaccine are very strong.
As I understand it, “herd immunity” is a long-standing concept in virology and immunology, yet - right on cue - it is suddenly suspect, dangerous, and unethical! It sure seems that the left wants to use the epidemic to do as much political damage to Trump as possible, regardless of the cost in human lives and economic hardship.
It’s reckless if your health care policy goal is to extend the panic as long as possible to hurt a certain President you hate,
He then asked epidemiologist Osterholm about Bidens' plan and Osterholm then said Biden was promoting a vaccine which would give us herd immunity.
How is the country choosing to not lockdown “undemocratic”? If the citizens don’t want the lockdowns, then not locking down is VERY democratic. Forcing people to lockdown against their will however (for their own good don’t you know) is the non-democratic approach. Orwellian
“Herd immunity is simply a fact of life.”
A much more valid number of deaths due to Covid, is eliminating all those who die above the regular life expectancy of approximately 80. Eliminating those deaths are already 50+% of the deaths — because those are the people one would expect to die anyway — and particularly, when they average 2.6 other chronic life-threatening diseases (comorbidities) already. And then those already in a long term care center or nursing home are recognized as people who are on the verge of dying, and no matter how many billions of dollars they have, the prognosis is that they will not live forever in that deteriorating condition. Even if they promise to give away HALF of their money AFTER they die.
And then we see that of those below 50, the virus has minimal mortality threat - but prudent people will adopt more hygenic practices, especially those with well-known susceptibilities. That’s what people have done for ages — so that everyone doesn’t die off and the human race goes extinct. At least 99% go on — even with manmade calamities like wars killing hundreds of MILLIONS of people — just in the last century alone! That has always been the normal.
So for people to think now that they can live forever in a seriously declining state of health is totally ludicrous — but currently popular among the billionaire crowd who think that what is the use of all their money if they cannot live forever? That’s a problem they have to solve themselves individually, and not hold the whole population hostage until someone discovers the magic pill of immortality (vaccine) for them.
Rather than only being only one cure (panacea) as the Faucis of the world claim, in all probability, many things work — because ultimately what they are doing is just strengthening the baseline immunity of different individuals — with different individual weaknesses. That’s why panaceas don’t work — but people improving their own health and fortunes in life work optimally — as it always has.
But now the self-appointed guardians of the truth as handed down by God Himself (the Pharisees and the Scribes), would like us to believe they hold the patent on every truth, and will decide that for humankind henceforth. That is the oldest story in the world.
Lockdowns kill.
Just Include the Media, Press, TV, Newspapers ,.. in the Lockdown, Quarantine ALL of them, shut their presses and stations down 100%.
See if they still prefer Lockdown Strategy