[ExI] herd immunity?

[Dave Sill]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:32 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
>
> Early in the pandemic about a year ago, a British doctor was on the Beeb
> spoke about herd immunity.  His overall message was kinda negative: that
> humanity was unlikely to defeat covid by any other means than a lotta
> people catching and surviving, resulting in eventual herd immunity.  They
> ripped him a new one!  Nearly universal condemnation, and counter
> suggestions that proper mask wearing and social distancing would suffice,
> but… over time he is looking more and more right on, way back in March 2020.
>

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6e/9b/71/6e9b71a3e2d72dcdfaa7b524fce8cc33.jpg

So of course the media rejects uncomfortable truths.

Once covid went pandemic, control measures (masks, lockdowns, etc.) were
only able to slow it, not stop it.

-Dave
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