now so that we get closer to herd immunity just as long as we don’t get above our health care capacity limits?
Also, if it’s inevitable a certain number of people will get sick and require hospitalization over the next few months (i.e. the volume of the curve is the same no matter what), then don’t we need to make sure enough people getting sick today to prevent the curve spiking a month from now?
For example, let’s say a community hospital can handle 100 hospitalizations per month. Over the next 5 months it’s inevitable that 400 people will require hospitalization. If we hospitalize 20 in Month 1 and 2, then did we screw ourselves over for Months 3-5?