Originally Posted by
Downtime
The only problem with the herd immunity approach is we don’t know how long the immunity last.
True, but neither do we know the duration of immunity that might be provided by a vaccine not yet developed.
Originally Posted by
Downtime
That said if we get a vaccine similar to flu that would be a huge win as it may stop infection but it does prime your immune system often preventing serious disease.
I’d assume you meant ‘not’ stop disease. And while that also is true, there is some overlap between strains, if what the CDC is now claiming is true - that 90% of coronavirus infections are undiagnosed - then the incidence of serious disease with coronavirus is already almost as low as that of influenza, at least influenza with half of us adults getting our annual flu shot.