On the other hand if everyone somehow avoids it

Mar 26, 2020
10:18:35am

Northwest Cougar All-American

We'll never get herd immunity and have to avoid it forever. Maybe we should have a lottery and certain percentage of people have to get exposed each week.

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If herd immunity is the thing that will bring this thing to a halt, is it a

BYUMizzou

3/26/20 6:54am

And if he needs hospitalization or spreads it to others?

vagabonder

3/26/20 6:56am

If he needs hospitalization, his theory is that it's best to get it early when

BYUMizzou

3/26/20 7:10am

Isn't the strain on health system suppose to be highest now, and better later?

Ryan M

3/26/20 7:40am

I thought the "flatten the curve" model was supposed to try to spread out

BYUMizzou

3/26/20 7:43am

I fear we are delaying the curve, not flattening it.

BYUtka

3/26/20 7:51am

This is the exact argument I've made.

VACOUGFAN

3/26/20 10:47am

Except that how often people are ignoring the govt guidance might actually

LaserCoug

3/26/20 11:08am

Possibly. On the other hand, at this point I'm thinking I'd rather wait to get

BlooGeek

3/26/20 11:19am

I agree. The rule followers might have an outbreak down the road but they might

LaserCoug

3/26/20 11:27am

I think the only thing that is certain is that no matter what the outcome is

BlooGeek

3/26/20 12:23pm

That’s why I do this when I’m out and about

maxpowers

3/26/20 6:59am

Holy crap this is actually a real thing

maxpowers

3/26/20 7:02am

Darwinism took a long break once our quality of life advanced to the point where

vagabonder

3/26/20 7:12am

The YouTuber who licked the toilet bowl got it, too.

Division Bell

3/26/20 7:22am

Lots a Darwin Award wannabes out there.

chilango

3/26/20 8:04am

The problem is if you run the math on herd immunity.

ReyOso

3/26/20 7:19am

I haven't run the math. Of course it's not my theory either. We did argue

BYUMizzou

3/26/20 7:23am

....but your math is fuzzy. You’re using 100% and not 70% of population

ORCoug

3/26/20 7:38am

"Fuzzy" is a very kind way to put it.

BYUtka

3/26/20 7:43am

You are thinking linearly, not exponentially.

Blue Ghost

3/26/20 8:07am

Coronavirus infection parties!

letthewookieewin

3/26/20 7:25am

Question with this is if once you've been exposed and not impacted, can you subsequently be re-exposed

unctoothman

3/26/20 7:30am

I have no idea. This guy is obviously assuming that once exposed, you're immune

BYUMizzou

3/26/20 7:41am

Could be a very big assumption

unctoothman

3/26/20 7:44am

It reportedly mutates.

SierraCoug

3/26/20 9:45am

On immunity

bythenumbers

3/26/20 8:26am

Thanks for posting

Northwest Cougar

3/26/20 8:49am

My argument is to get it while beds are available in case you are hospitalized.

Little Britches

3/26/20 8:27am

After reading nonstop about this virus and viruses in general for 2 weeks,

sanitarium

3/26/20 9:27am

What makes you think 40 to 80%? We don't have

The Old Y

3/26/20 9:40am

I'm not saying 40-80% are going to be infected in the next few months

sanitarium

3/26/20 9:53am

Here's the lead MD on the Covid-19 outbreak for the US talking

The Old Y

3/26/20 11:43am

Seems logical, but also incredibly selfish. If all "healthy" people decided to

BlooGeek

3/26/20 10:14am

On the other hand if everyone somehow avoids it

Northwest Cougar

3/26/20 10:18am

Right. I think that's why the goal is not eliminating spread, but slowing it and

BlooGeek

3/26/20 10:43am

Agreed. I'm just not convinced that the extra slowing is required. If "most"

Northwest Cougar

3/26/20 12:08pm

You may be correct, but do you want to be the Governor of the next NY & explain

BlooGeek

3/26/20 12:26pm

So you're saying he's an a** who doesn't care about others

PGCoug7

3/26/20 10:27am

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