Sweden to shut bars and restaurants that ignore coronavirus restrictions

Re:Sweden to shut bars and restaurants that ignore coronavir... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:17PM (#22969705)

The reason you've had to point that out many times is that it no longer matches common usage. Most people who use "flatten the curve" nowadays insist that it is about an alternative to herd immunity, that herd immunity is absolutely unacceptable and we can't permit it. (You're right that this is not originally what the phrase meant.)

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Re:Sweden to shut bars and restaurants that ignore coronavir... by notacoward on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:33PM (#22969923)

> Most people who use "flatten the curve" nowadays insist that it is about an alternative

That has absolutely not been my impression, but they're probably both matters of perspective - who we talk to, what sources we read, and so on. To the extent that people do think of it as an alternative, that makes me sad.

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Re:Sweden to shut bars and restaurants that ignore coronavir... by soperj on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:31PM (#22969894)

Herd immunity might not even be possible. Other coronavirus immunity lasts on average a year. There are other viruses like HIV where you can't get herd immunity.

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Re:Sweden to shut bars and restaurants that ignore coronavir... by microtherion on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:56PM (#22970269)

> There are other viruses like HIV where you can't get herd immunity.

Well, maybe if we had just engaged in a vigorous program of needle sharing and unprotected sex, we'd eventually have gotten there.

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Re:Sweden to shut bars and restaurants that ignore coronavir... by soperj on Friday April 24, 2020 @04:41PM (#22972707)

No, it's impossible based on the virus.

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