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Is herd immunity something we need for COVID when the vast majority of people vaccinated and or previously infected are not hospitalized or die when contracting it (along with those young and or healthy people who haven’t been vaccinated or previously contracted it)?
We don’t have herd immunity for influenza and no one seems to worry about that because the vast majority of people are not hospitalized or die from it.
I agree with you. I don’t think we need herd immunity. More importantly, I don’t think (and most experts now agree) that herd immunity is even achievable with COVID. So why were people like Fauci pushing it as a goal before the vaccine came out? I’ll attach a video of him projecting that we could have herd immunity in the US by July or August if enough people got vaccinated. The most frequently quoted number was 70%. Israel achieved that goal a while ago. They are currently at 78% fully vaccinated. They also currently have one of the highest rates of COVID spread in the world. The vaccines simply aren’t performing like the experts hoped they would. The virus is doing what coronaviruses have always done. It mutates faster than we can keep up with. How is it possible that the greatest minds in medical science could have gotten this so wrong? It’s not like coronaviruses are new.
I think your comment about influenza is right on point. It is a simple fact that a vast majority of people who get COVID do not die or need hospitalization for it either. And yet…on the 12 day trip I am on, there is exactly one day I can leave my hotel on a layover. (Which explains why I have too much time on my hands and have stupidly decided to participate in this thread)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/video...irms-ifo-video