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Can CV19 be defeated by Herd Immunity

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Elessar · 26-30, M
Artificial herd immunity, i.e. vaccinating the majority of the population so that you reduce the spread, the hospitalizations and the deaths, is indeed the exit strategy being tried now pretty much everywhere. Whether in the end it becomes endemic but non-threatening, or disappears completely is unknown, but would change very little.

Natural herd immunity (aka: ignoring / letting people get exposed to the pathogen) was tried in early 2020 and we all know the outcome:
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