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Re:California sets Covid-19 daily record, Bay Area cumulativ... by SomeoneFromCA on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @04:03PM (#23619508)
Still do not understand the point of "herd immunity" Swedish way. Pointless to me. What it is supposed to protect from? From the disease you are supposed to get sick with to acquire that immunity at first place?
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Re:California sets Covid-19 daily record, Bay Area cumulativ... by matz1 on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @05:36PM (#23620636)
Its to avoid economic shutdown. Its to protect people from economic disaster.
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Re:California sets Covid-19 daily record, Bay Area cumulativ... by SomeoneFromCA on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @07:57AM (#23626843)
Why would you call it, hypocritically herd immunity then? It should be called sacrifice of weak, that woul be honest. Anyways, Sweden did not fare economically any better than Austria, Norway or New Zealand.
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Re:California sets Covid-19 daily record, Bay Area cumulativ... by matz1 on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:38AM (#23639958)
Who said anything about sacrificing the weak?
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Re:California sets Covid-19 daily record, Bay Area cumulativ... by ccktlmazeltov on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:34PM (#23632002)
herd immunity is not about everyone catching it, it's about enough people catching it and getting immune, that the virus can't spread anymore.
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