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Old 09-26-2020, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
Maybe we should have followed Sweden’s lead and left everything running. Rather than choosing to spread the virus out like we did, they left their economy open. They didn’t suffer the negative economic impact we did and they quickly achieved herd immunity. Now their nationwide deaths from Covid are down to one or two per day...
Herd immunity or herd mentality. It is a non-scientific rationalization for the US to return to "normal" without being close to normal in reality. Look to Germany and Japan for correct results, not Sweden.