6472 🟥 BREAKING NEWS 🟥 Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19 (twitter.com) posted 195 days ago by Balsha8chan 195 days ago by Balsha8chan +6472 / -0 2753 comments share 2753 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (2753) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 6 ▼ – nowrongwrong 6 points 195 days ago +6 / -0 Their theory was that we could lockdown long enough to develop and distribute a vaccine which would then artificially provide herd immunity. But that is a completely unproven and untested approach, one that has never been tried (let alone accomplished) in the history of the planet. It is just an insane type of gamble when we already have a well-known, well-documented and well-understood solution via natural herd immunity. permalink save report block reply ▲ 4 ▼ – stoic_troll 4 points 195 days ago +4 / -0 That approach would only make sense if it was literally a Black Plague event. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 5 ▼ – nowrongwrong 5 points 195 days ago +5 / -0 Exactly right. I mean if this was an airborne version of Ebola then I would fucking be in a hazmat suit before I left my bedroom. permalink parent save report block reply
Their theory was that we could lockdown long enough to develop and distribute a vaccine which would then artificially provide herd immunity.
But that is a completely unproven and untested approach, one that has never been tried (let alone accomplished) in the history of the planet.
It is just an insane type of gamble when we already have a well-known, well-documented and well-understood solution via natural herd immunity.
That approach would only make sense if it was literally a Black Plague event.
Exactly right. I mean if this was an airborne version of Ebola then I would fucking be in a hazmat suit before I left my bedroom.