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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by daxfohl on Thursday April 23, 2020 @02:53PM (#22959614)
But that's going to happen anyway because people will catch it until we hit herd immunity. Unless a vaccine comes out before we get there, which seems pretty iffy at this point.

I do think we can plan for the isolation of that population for a couple of months if we have some strong leadership. Unfortunately that seems to be lacking right now.

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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by cycrutchfield on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:02PM (#22959732)
>But that's going to happen anyway because people will catch it until we hit herd immunity

It's about managing the hospitalization rate so that the medical system doesn't get overwhelmed.

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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by daxfohl on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:07PM (#22959802)
I was responding to the contents of the parent comment. I agree with you (see a separate branch of the comment tree), but that's not part of what the parent comment was talking about.
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