Re:Fear and beauty: two weeks living with Covid-19
by RealityVoid on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @01:04PM
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> Even if you flatten the curve, without a vaccine, the area under the curve remains the same.
Not necessarily. The higher the social distancing at the peak, the lower the percentage of infection needed for herd immunity to kick in. Ergo, in effect, lower number of cases. If you drop your R0 by half, your her immunity percentage necessary halves as well!
Re:Fear and beauty: two weeks living with Covid-19
by ksk on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @04:07PM
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No, even in your hypothetical case, the disease still continues to infect when you lift the social distancing and the economy re-opens. That is not herd immunity.
Not necessarily. The higher the social distancing at the peak, the lower the percentage of infection needed for herd immunity to kick in. Ergo, in effect, lower number of cases. If you drop your R0 by half, your her immunity percentage necessary halves as well!
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity
Look under the Mechanics section.