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		cortesoft on March 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK c... I don't think anyone is arguing that we can suppress this completely anymore... all plans revolve around trying to reduce and broaden the peak.

mytailorisrich on March 15, 2020 [–]

The issue is that they would like to build herd immunity by winter, which is not really broadening the peak because that is impossible to handle by the health services.

So this means letting natural selection do its thing.

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