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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else burnt out due to extended lockdown an... by worker767424 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @12:43AM (#25842930)
> the US version where you just let the virus loose

Herd immunity by August, with or without vaccines.

Re:Ask HN: Anyone else burnt out due to extended lockdown an... by warlog on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:36AM (#25844002)
August 2022?
Re:Ask HN: Anyone else burnt out due to extended lockdown an... by zwaps on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:56AM (#25844908)
Cost of how many lives?
Re:Ask HN: Anyone else burnt out due to extended lockdown an... by tanseydavid on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:12AM (#25848137)
Unknowable.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone else burnt out due to extended lockdown an... by worker767424 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:05PM (#25850492)
I get what you're saying, but there is an upper bound of roughly 1M in the US, depending on what the true case fatality rate is.