The funny part is that the best solution would have been to intentionally let the virus spread as fast as possible and isolate the old and vulnerable. Within 1 month all of this would be over and everybody would have reached herd immunity.
That said, all of this is needless because it's a flu. It's a low quality Chinese product after all.
Within 1 month all of this would be over and everybody would have reached herd immunity.
I think they supposedly debunked herd immunity very quickly. How, I don't know.
The whole virus thing is really odd and weird and early on completely convoluted, contradictory (don't wear a mask, wear a mask, you better be wearing a mask).
The early pics/videos supposedly taken surreptitiously in China now in hindsight seem staged - unless they managed to introduce a second virus that somehow mitigates the actions of the first.
At some point, I recall, Trump saying/tweeting that the virus was created to make his re-election impossible. Given how Trump lacks a filter sometimes, I can see that he was told in an intelligence briefing that no one could rule out that the virus was created to target his reelection bid. I think Trump's biggest deficit is when he just doesn't level with America because he is concerned what the opposition makes of his statements. Surprisingly, if with his most out-there statements, he has always been substantially right at the end.
Based on the available data at the time, going for rapid herd immunity would have caused a large spike in deaths due to an overwhelmed hospital system.
I believed that at the time. The initial numbers coming out of China were freaking terrifying. I have become more skeptical in recent months.
The death rates just aren't there.
What is not in dispute is that herd immunity via spread would have destroyed billions in vaccine revenue.
The funny part is that the best solution would have been to intentionally let the virus spread as fast as possible and isolate the old and vulnerable. Within 1 month all of this would be over and everybody would have reached herd immunity.
That said, all of this is needless because it's a flu. It's a low quality Chinese product after all.
It is funny until you realize controlling the virus wasn't the goal.
Controlling us was the goal.
Oh no. Are WE the virus?
The funny part is it's just a seasonal cold with a scary name and 24/7 news coverage. The swine flu in 2008 was 8x more deadly.
I think they supposedly debunked herd immunity very quickly. How, I don't know.
The whole virus thing is really odd and weird and early on completely convoluted, contradictory (don't wear a mask, wear a mask, you better be wearing a mask).
The early pics/videos supposedly taken surreptitiously in China now in hindsight seem staged - unless they managed to introduce a second virus that somehow mitigates the actions of the first.
At some point, I recall, Trump saying/tweeting that the virus was created to make his re-election impossible. Given how Trump lacks a filter sometimes, I can see that he was told in an intelligence briefing that no one could rule out that the virus was created to target his reelection bid. I think Trump's biggest deficit is when he just doesn't level with America because he is concerned what the opposition makes of his statements. Surprisingly, if with his most out-there statements, he has always been substantially right at the end.
Based on the available data at the time, going for rapid herd immunity would have caused a large spike in deaths due to an overwhelmed hospital system.
I believed that at the time. The initial numbers coming out of China were freaking terrifying. I have become more skeptical in recent months. The death rates just aren't there.
What is not in dispute is that herd immunity via spread would have destroyed billions in vaccine revenue.
Akshully, it bears more relation to a fellow coronavirus: the common cold, than an influenza virus.