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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
I'm not quite sure what point this post is trying to make. Yes, there will always be mutations, frequently animal reservoirs, and susceptible hosts. There will always be a new virus, not only coronaviruses, like influenza every year. Some will be benign, some will be deadly like HIV, Ebola, Hanta, and Lassa fever. We do not live in a sterile world, and if we did, some meteor or comet would come by and seed us with the Andromeda strain. 
But for now, OBB is correct---the more immunity in "the herd", the less cases of COVID we will have. |
Most scientists have said there can be no herd immunity now. Just from the way they did this thing with the lockdowns and quarantining healthy people and not allowing the virus to circulate throughout the community. Usually, herd immunity occurs when the population has acquired the virus through a sterilizing vaccine or exposure. We have to stop using that phrase because it's not achievable through the methods they've chosen to use. We agree that we will never eradicate the virus entirely and there will always be mutations. But perhaps disagree on preventative measures such as the best vaccine to use.