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5,836,679 deaths necessary for herd immunity (Original Post)
kpete
Sep 2020
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This also makes the huge assumption that a natural herd immunity is possible.
bullimiami
Sep 2020
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C_U_L8R
(45,012 posts)1. At the low end.
And herd immunity with Covid is unproven. A Trump second term is a death lottery.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)2. Republicans would be ok with that
I'm not kidding
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)4. That's their "pro-life" perspective.
I recall hearing them say that "any actions are justified to save one innocent life". I guess they lost that page in their script, or maybe they never really cared that much, or maybe they were lying then and are still lying now.
PSPS
(13,605 posts)3. Um, I think Kyle doesn't "do" science very well
It's false that people "must catch Covid" to achieve herd immunity.
bullimiami
(13,099 posts)5. This also makes the huge assumption that a natural herd immunity is possible.
Long term naturally developed immunity is a real leap of faith wrt coronaviruses.
ie the experiment that kills 6 million Americans could gain little.