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akiselev on April 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: A (possible) solution to Covid-19

The whole idea of herd immunity in this context is fucking nonsense. No self-respecting epidemiologist would even bring it up this early into a pandemic.

Herd immunity is the last resort for the immunocompromised or unvaccinated, not the foundation for public health policy.

CathedralBorrow on April 10, 2020 | [–]

When would bringing up the topic be acceptable for you?

rhn_mk1 on April 10, 2020 | [–]

Not sure who says it's last resort. There's a paper linked in a sibling comment about herd immunity's role in smallpox eradication.

monocasa on April 10, 2020 | [–]

They had a vaccine that let them not actually infect everyone with full blown smallpox to get to herd immunity.

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