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Re:Anders Tegnell defends Sweden's virus approach by kzrdude on Thursday June 04, 2020 @01:38AM (#23412920)
> But, once a young child gets the flu a few times, they develop herd immunity

herd immunity is a property of the herd and not any single person, though.

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Re:Anders Tegnell defends Sweden's virus approach by BillyTheKing on Thursday June 04, 2020 @01:59AM (#23413078)
yea, the fact that most children get the flu is a counter example to herd immunity. Full scale herd immunity would protect vulnerable members of societies (who don't have immunity) of contracting the disease in the first place.
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Re:Anders Tegnell defends Sweden's virus approach by tathougies on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:18PM (#23421249)
You could be immune but be a carrier?
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