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Re:Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 throug... by ummonk on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @02:48PM (#22881470)
Yeah I’ve been asking about this for a while with no good answers. Why aren’t we looking into whether it would be helpful to enable every healthy person to get the Coronavirus common cold to help boost herd immunity?
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Re:Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 throug... by redis_mlc on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @06:32PM (#22883902)
Normally modern medicine doesn't make people sick deliberately, because some percentage will always have some time of reaction. And the US is also a litigious society.

However, I'm in favor of ending lockdown and letting corona virus run its course, just like the flu every year. That's the fastest way to get herd immunity.

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Re:Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 throug... by ummonk on Saturday April 18, 2020 @02:31AM (#22905769)
Yeah, but letting it run its course kills off at least 1% of the population and causes potentially long term lung damage for a sizable portion of the rest of the population.
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