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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by GloriousKoji on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:02PM (#22657566)
I don't think there is a way to stop this virus from infecting "everyone". The important thing about self isolation and social distancing is that it reduces the speed of spreading so hospitals are not overloaded.

* "everyone" being a large enough population in the world where heard immunity is achieved, probably something around 90%

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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by kiney on Sunday March 22, 2020 @05:32PM (#22658883)
you can calculate the necessary herd immunity by taking the natural R0: 1-(1/R0) with R0 of 2.4 that would be about 58%
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