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TNLib

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5. But there voter base is perdomonitaly older Americans

Reply to ooky (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:31 AM

Apr 2020

So I don't think that's going to work out to well for them.

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If "herd immunity" is the GOP plan, plan on 3 million dead by [View all] MineralMan Apr 2020 OP

Yes it is, but it is being sold by the GOP and Fox so we should prepare. redstatebluegirl Apr 2020 #1

True, but think how much money will be saved on Social Security and ooky Apr 2020 #2

But there voter base is perdomonitaly older Americans TNLib Apr 2020 #5

By this time next year the election will be long over. ooky Apr 2020 #11

The plan is what you said, with an added gloss of other strategies to make it less obvious. Girard442 Apr 2020 #3

Herd immunity would require at least 60% of us being infected, probably 70% or more. dawg Apr 2020 #4

Check your decimal point. MineralMan Apr 2020 #9

Nope. I was assuming the same lethality as the regular flu. dawg Apr 2020 #16

Math Botany Apr 2020 #10

My point was to show how bad a "best" case scenario would be, using a 0.1% death rate similar ... dawg Apr 2020 #17

The only thing fixed in that equation is the U.S. population the infection rate and the mortality... Botany Apr 2020 #21

Exactly. We just don't know. But we do know enough to be fairly certain it would be terrible. dawg Apr 2020 #24

In America and world wide the #s of both cases and deaths will be staggering Botany Apr 2020 #26

Still averaging 30,000 new cases per day openthepodbaydoors Apr 2020 #19

It would be optimistic to believe herd immunity could be established with fewer than 196,000,000 ... dawg Apr 2020 #22

I'm guessing at least a million by Election Day. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #6

That seems to be the plan exboyfil Apr 2020 #7

I do question motivation spinbaby Apr 2020 #14

It's probably even a bit harsher than that Shermann Apr 2020 #8

how it can be is- mopinko Apr 2020 #15

Three things (at the least) make that plan foolhardy zonemaster Apr 2020 #12

Unfortunately True, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #13

i have a wager w my trumpkin. mopinko Apr 2020 #18

Sheltering in place indefinitely isn't a plan either. Ace Rothstein Apr 2020 #20

The good option is to ramp up testing so we know MineralMan Apr 2020 #23

Agreed: therein lies the real problem with any plans being undertaken now. nt crickets Apr 2020 #25

We're also unsure how long antibodies last. A good vaccine is the ultimate goal. Pobeka Apr 2020 #30

👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽THIS !!!👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽 We need a "Want A Test Get A Test" quick turn around like in China uponit7771 Apr 2020 #32

We can keep just a few NPI measures in place, have contact tracing and wait for a vaccine. Pobeka Apr 2020 #29

There are 10's of millions who are out of work for years in your scenario. Ace Rothstein Apr 2020 #31

+1, that's why the DNC needs to continue to blame the kGOP so people know where their pain is coming uponit7771 Apr 2020 #33

ok, whats your plan? nt USALiberal Apr 2020 #35

We're going to have to slowly open back up. Ace Rothstein Apr 2020 #36

Amost everyone can work 6 feet from someone else, 6 feet wearing a mask is ok. Pobeka Apr 2020 #37

I think so... Takket Apr 2020 #27

Yes, the two things that really could get us back to work, tanyev Apr 2020 #28

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2020 #34