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Originally Posted by BWillie
All of this true. The only thing on our side (a little) is how much of the population has some sort of immunity. Based on the IFR of around 0.6%, we can guesstimate that around 10% of the USA population has some sort of immunity or antibodies. The question is how big of a dent will that put in the increased Covid-19 numbers from the cold and flu season we will start to see in about a month. if 1 out of 10 or 1 out of 15 people can't really spread the virus, I'm hoping that can go a long way.
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Yep, I've been saying this for a while too.
On this forum I get pushback for saying cold weather could be bad.
In a parallel universe liberal politics forum I'm on - I get pushback for saying partial herd immunity could work in our favor for the coming winter.
Crazy world.