I think I could support a mandatory exposure for all able bodied Americans. Between the ages of 0-49 with no comorbidities you're required to be exposed. After 2 weeks over half the population would be immune to infection and would not be able to transmit.
herd immunity works in theory when you know exactly what you are dealing with. But we don't yet. New things are being learned everyday.
certain subsets can reaquire this virus after recovering, certain subsets are contagious but never will know they have it. certain subsets haven't gotten rid of it for over 30 days and counting now.
There are also many cases where healthy people get it, and it permanately damages the lungs in a bad way. So even if we get the vaccine for 2021 and its more effective than the flu vaccine(60% at best) Some people with permanent damage might catch the new Corona virus mutation (just like the flu is different every year right?) and then die quickly from pneumonia from their already compromised lungs.
The researchers and scientists need to be bought some time and slow the spread of a virus that is way more highly contagious. The supply chain needs time to adapt to be able to equip hospitals around the globe with the necessary equipment, we are already years behind.
Here's the big big reason that the curve talk matters and its speaks to the whole "the flu kills more".
the doctors and staff at hospitals and clinics almost ALL get the flu vaccine. They lose very little of their staff in the worst flu seasons, but they lose some. There is no way for these workers to NOT catch it once they start seeing hundreds a day. Our hospital staffing will go down a good 30-50% in many places. The beds will be filled, the ventilators will all be being used.... and only a small fraction of the people that will soon get very sick with the virus will have gone to a hospital.
its not just the elderly and infirm that will suffer. Every day tens thousands of people are rushed to hospitals with cardiac events, bad accidents, respiratory illnesses. The thousands of people that are saved and fully recover from major medical events every day. Will dwindle to hundreds as the system will simply not be able to accomodate them anymore. tens of thousands of life saving surgeries will not be able to take place. how many cancer diagnosises will not be made early because people can't get an appointment or are affraid to go to one? The ripples and collateral effects go well beyond this. Its not a simple Flu vs Corona numbers thing.
also muddy I think you should put your dick through each and every one of those cardboard TP rolls
