[ExI] bikers again

[BillK]

On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 19:41, spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> OK then, if that theory is right, imagine what is likely happening everywhere: the background viral load is gradually rising.  If people have an immunity because of low initial exposure and successful immune response, then subsequent exposure would allow them to carry some low-level of active virus, while they go right on about their business, spreading low levels of virus everywhere.  This would cause more and more proles to initially contact the virus in very low concentrations, which would alert the system in a way that immune system is likely to win the battle.  This would result in people who later came into high concentration exposures to not get sick, or if so, not seriously.
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> If this is true, we could have a similar gathering with similar numbers now, never mind the bikes and the sunshine and the guzzling of disinfectant (favorite brand Budweiser) using normal people, and the will not catch or die either, for none that would be the real mechanism which caused all those bikers to not die.
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> Is this all wishful thinking?
> spike
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That sounds like herd immunity.
<https://www.webmd.com/lung/what-is-herd-immunity#1>

Quote:
Herd immunity, or community immunity, is when a large part of the
population of an area is immune to a specific disease. If enough
people are resistant to the cause of a disease, such as a virus or
bacteria, it has nowhere to go.

While not every single individual may be immune, the group as a whole
has protection. This is because there are fewer high-risk people
overall. The infection rates drop, and the disease peters out.
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It is a good end result, but how many more people will die first?

BillK