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Can we reach herd immunity by inoculating young and healthy people with the COVID-19 virus, in a controlled and isolated manner? Infecting people on purpose may sound counterintuitive, but it would be much like controlled burns are in forest fires.
I believe young and healthy people still have almost a 1% of dying from Coronavirus. so for example if 220million people in the US got it, there would be about 2.25 million deaths. If you want to risk it, go right ahead.
No, dumb idea. Like murder.
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There is no guarantee. Coronovirus never got the memo that it isnt supposed to harm young healthy people. IVe seen many in their thirties and few in their twenties
No evidence that it would. Closest real “experiment” is current practice in Sweden. Herd immunity, to the extent it is effective, varies considerably by virus and there is zero long-term information on CV19/.
It is dangerous to suggest such a thing1
Herd immunity in this case is a fruitless idea without a vaccine. Vaccines are, as you might know, an infusion of the very disease in question. Since there is no vaccine for CoV-2, the only way to achieve herd immunity is for the vast majority to become infected with it, which is a horrendous idea, as it has a high fatality rate. Without a vaccine, the only way forward is to stamp out the contagion through isolating ourselves from it, so that it dies out for lack of hosts.
If coronavirus were well understood the idea might possibly have merit. However we are finding that the destructive effects, virulence and contagion are much worse than an ordinary flu. Even in young, healthy patients, doctors are finding permanent lung damage.
Young people get older over time, which leads to increased risk if they get it later.
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