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Re:The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is l... by ibejoeb on Saturday May 09, 2020 @03:31PM (#23127632)
Where did everyone get the idea that isolation was meant to reduce the overall number of infections?
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Re:The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is l... by mlyle on Sunday May 10, 2020 @12:21PM (#23133791)
Uh, reducing transmission does prevent drastic overshoot past the herd immunity threshold, so it does affect the area under the curve a bit-- not just flatten it.
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