(23-09-2020 20:33 )Rake Wrote:  Then there is the question of if the immunity it confers is lasting or not...quite possibly not, meaning boosters or updated vaccines annually similar to the flu vaccine programme.

(24-09-2020 08:32 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Just seen this on twitter

Bars and restuarants have to close at 10pm.
What's to stop them from reopening after midnight... It's a different day.

(24-09-2020 08:59 )ShandyHand Wrote:  ^ There is also the distinct possibility that recovering from covid or being infected asystematically may only grant immunity for scant months: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/12/immunity-to-covid-19-could-be-lost-in-months-uk-study-suggests

(24-09-2020 08:13 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  

(23-09-2020 20:33 )Rake Wrote:  Then there is the question of if the immunity it confers is lasting or not...quite possibly not, meaning boosters or updated vaccines annually similar to the flu vaccine programme.

The same applies to your herd immunity plan. It will be totally ineffective if it requires the population to be constantly re-infected every year.

So that could be over 1 million deaths before they discover whether it works or not. Not to mention what kind of numbers would require hospital admission.

It's also the case that some people are still suffering side effects 6 months after being infected. If people get hit with reinfection before being fully recovered from the previous time, the death and hospital admission rate could rise with each subsequent wave of the virus.

Of course after a good few million of the most vulnerable people have been killed off things could start to improve. Possibly.