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Old 09-26-2020, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe V. View Post
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
Germany, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and other countries have achieved a return to normal living - without resorting to the pain, death, and lifelong complications that could have happened if they tried the "radical" concept of herd immunity. They declined to try it and have prospered because of it. Their methods have worked. Nothing succeeds like success.