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Re:With broad, random tests for antibodies, Germany seeks pa... by 6510 on Sunday April 19, 2020 @03:06PM (#22918029)
I think the analogy says more about the person using it than the actual topic. If it was appropriate to compare people with... well... cows? Why not slaughter the lot and start over? Or take the stupid analogy to the next level and talk crop engineering? There! The solution has been staring us in the face all along.... or wait...
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Re:With broad, random tests for antibodies, Germany seeks pa... by nradov on Sunday April 19, 2020 @03:47PM (#22918269)
That's just the terminology used in epidemiology. Don't read anything into it.
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Re:With broad, random tests for antibodies, Germany seeks pa... by 6510 on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:56AM (#22932934)
Oh but I do! Group immunity or collective immunity will do just fine. I really don't care how popular this zoology terminology is. For me taxonomy works like: A pack of wolves, a flock of birds and a herd of cattle.

Beware when they start calling you [say] a consumer.

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