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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4638208" data-attributes="member: 63706">Herd immunity is not a goal. It is a force of nature. If we draw out the pandemic until a vaccine is available, more people would have been harmed. And even with a vaccine, the herd immunity will be reached. My prediction is herd immunity will be reached long before a safe, proven vaccine is available, negating the need for the vaccine.&nbsp;&nbsp; And It&#039;s not the poor who are vulnerable to the disease, per se. Nice attempt at a dodge there, though. They are vulnerable to the effects of the lock downs. If you care about the poor, you need to support ending the lockdowns. You protect the elderly, who are the most vulnerable to the disease, by letting everyone else get about their lives, obtain herd immunity as quickly as possible, and devote resources to helping the vulnerable get through with minimal disruption. The way we are going now we are using and wasting far more resources trying to keep everyone locked up and developing a vaccine that will be useless by the time it is available.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4638208, member: 63706"] Herd immunity is not a goal. It is a force of nature. If we draw out the pandemic until a vaccine is available, more people would have been harmed. And even with a vaccine, the herd immunity will be reached. My prediction is herd immunity will be reached long before a safe, proven vaccine is available, negating the need for the vaccine. And It's not the poor who are vulnerable to the disease, per se. Nice attempt at a dodge there, though. They are vulnerable to the effects of the lock downs. If you care about the poor, you need to support ending the lockdowns. You protect the elderly, who [I]are[/I] the most vulnerable to the disease, by letting everyone else get about their lives, obtain herd immunity as quickly as possible, and devote resources to helping the vulnerable get through with minimal disruption. The way we are going now we are using and wasting far more resources trying to keep everyone locked up and developing a vaccine that will be useless by the time it is available. [/QUOTE]

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