Originally Posted by
Excargodog
your ignorance just doesn’t quit, does it? I BELIEVE you have no idea what I’m talking about because you clearly don’t know even the basics of epidemiology.
Herd immunity is NOT an all or nothing response. Nor would ‘millions need to die.’ All that needs to happen is for enough people to become non susceptible for the Rt to become below 1.0. Sometimes that takes 96-97% of the population being immunized or recovered. Sometimes 10% will do. According to Gov. Cuomo, over 15% of New Yorkers tested positive for coronavirus antibodies.
But there are LOTS of ways to get down to Rt less than 1.0. Immunizations, for one thing. Or do like we have done - well, SINCE BIBLICAL TIMES, and quarantine THE CONTAGIOUS people rather than locking down the uninfected. Or do contact tracing isolation - like we’ve been doing with STD contacts pretty much for a hundred years.
look, nobody can help their ignorance, we are all born that way, but don’t spread yours. Take an epidemiology 101 course or something.
No government has adopted your views and no health official that knows what they’re talking about is advocating going the herd immunity route. As it would cause too many deaths with this virus. That’s not me saying that’s what the professionals that know more about this than you do have said.
They shut down the country to get the R number lower than 1 and are trying to get you to follow the health guidelines. That’s the best way for this to be over in a reasonable time.