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Why is the Batshit Crazy idea of Herd Immunity still with us?

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There may not be immunity (coronavirus infects inside of the lung where immune system doesn't go). So far there is no empirical evidence that supports immunity after recovery, on the other hand, there're reports of reinfection after recovery in several countries.

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Even if immunity works: Herd immunity might be done in two ways:

1)Everyone agrees to get sick now (they won’t) 15% die because hospitals are overwhelmed

2)We do three years of lockdown to gradually get everyone sick 20% of people go through hell, 5% of the population die

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Or Option 3:

3)We stop the disease in an all-out attack (as has been done in 20 countries) and have only very few people sick and the disease is gone.

Why is anyone still talking about herd immunity?
We need all the blindly financial interests to understand that a short and strong effort is the way to get back to normal. There is no other way.
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