Being quarantined is frustrating to many people. One of its byproducts is suggesting other methods of dealing with the virus that won't confine people. One of those is the herd immunity strategy.
For it to work, we would have to, as a society, decide we will let lots of people die (including the young since they are not completely immune) and isolate the elderly in their homes for as long as it takes to develop a vaccine.
We can put as smooth a gloss on it as we think is needed, but that is a cruel method of dealing with the problem. I think it goes against our instincts to protect the most vulnerable among us. It says to the young (anyone under 65): "Go about your business. Some of you will die, from the virus or from not being able to get into a hospital, but the rest of us will develop immunity." And to the old: "Stay indoors, because there will be no room for you at the hospitals if you catch the virus."
That is an approach that looks attractive to anyone that thinks they are unlikely to either be locked up or unfortunate enough to catch it and die.
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