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Originally posted by AverageJoe ↑

This is a new virus and we don't know scientifically much about it besides unfolding discovery on all fronts. Immunity is the debating point. Isn't it a catch 22? To get immunity one needs to be infected. The current rate of 1-2% is debatable and may actually be lower since we can only capture infection rate by symptoms instead of bulk testing. With the current infection rate and number of patients rushed to hospitals globally and unmanageable with lock down, do you reckon if we just leave it to herd immunity, the ICUs can cope?

The numbers in Oz is being promoted by the Govt as one of the best globally and everyone pointing to Chinese data as suspect, can you see the irony? I wish to believe in our numbers but it is an outlier, non conforming to experiences in other countries. Just imagine if Govt don't take action but with the 'just a flu' attitude and thousands rushed to hospital. When the doctors are inundated then you know how the process of selecting who gets attention will be used. Imagine if they tell you that your relative don't get first preference and a younger victim is much more important to society therefore your relative will have to go home and choke to death. This is what was happening in Spain & Italy.

Herd immunity was first explored by Boris before they modelling suggested hundreds of thousands dead that got a back flip and molded to more conventional strategies.

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"With the current infection rate and number of patients rushed to hospitals globally and unmanageable with lock down, do you reckon if we just leave it to herd immunity, the ICUs can cope?"
You seem totally unable to grasp what is being said. That's ok, it takes all kinds but I'm not going to go over it again for you to misinterpret a third time.
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