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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
But don't spend too much time considering it though, because it's total nonsense.
At the simplest level, if other people are selfishly picking up the virus through failing to self-isolate, then the virus is going to be more prevalent in places where people need to go (shops etc..).
It would be lovely to believe that all the variables are under your control, unfortunately, even a second's thought makes it obvious that isn't so.
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In the United States, less than 800 people under the age of 50 have died from coronavirus. That comes out to about 2.5 people (under 50) per million. The people who are dying from Covid are those who are already unhealthy, old or frail (just like the flu). By all means, isolate those who are at risk, but does it really make sense to shut down the economy for 2.5 deaths per million (of those not at risk)?
How many people are dying from not getting needed "elective" surgery? What happens when the food supply chain fails? How many local businesses are going to fail? How are people going to pay their rent? Sometimes you have to compromise. By opening up our country herd immunity will develop faster. Once that's done we won't need the vaccine.