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Old 09-26-2020, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser View Post
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.
A quick search reveals many scientists disagree with your remark of herd immunity being a non-scientific rationalization.

For example:

“Herd Immunity”: A Rough Guide
Paul Fine, Ken Eames, David L. Heymann

Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 52, Issue 7, 1 April 2011, Pages 911–916