re: #122 Rightwingconspirator
The math feels inevitable. I don’t think these numbers are hyperbolic. Half of us (say 150 million) get exposed in the next year or so. 1% maybe a bit less of that die from it. Call it 1.2 million. Then we get natural “herd” immunity.
I’m no antivaxx guy. Nor do I believe this happy talk fantasy bullshit about a vaccine by New Year. And causes the policy dilemma-What rate of harm is acceptable and make it mandatory? Or even not mandatory?
Estimates are that it will take between 70-90% exposure or vaccination to reach herd immunity. That means 229 million people have to be exposed AT THE LOW END. Even if “only” 1% die, 2.29M people die. That’s not small. That’s not acceptable.
It sucks being this way. What we should be doing is figuring out how to take care of each other, and preparing for shutdowns like now. But deciding we’re just going to ride out the pain of a few million people dying. Nope.