One of the problems with the “herd immunity” narrative is that we don’t know the duration of immunity to SARS-COV-2.

For other coronaviruses, and different diseases like malaria, immunity is not lifelong.

So letting the virus go vertical may just make it endemic in the West.
One of the problems with the “herd immunity” narrative is that we don’t know the duration of immunity to SARS-COV-2.For other coronaviruses, and different diseases like malaria, immunity is not lifelong.So letting the virus go vertical may just make it endemic in the West.
One of the problems with the “herd immunity” narrative is that we don’t know the duration of immunity to SARS-COV-2.For other coronaviruses, and different diseases like malaria, immunity is not lifelong.So letting the virus go vertical may just make it endemic in the West.
One of the problems with the “herd immunity” narrative is that we don’t know the duration of immunity to SARS-COV-2.For other coronaviruses, and different diseases like malaria, immunity is not lifelong.So letting the virus go vertical may just make it endemic in the West.
One of the problems with the “herd immunity” narrative is that we don’t know the duration of immunity to SARS-COV-2.For other coronaviruses, and different diseases like malaria, immunity is not lifelong.So letting the virus go vertical may just make it endemic in the West.
Yes, respiratory viruses are harder.

But nations used to set the policy goal of eradicating infectious diseases, before tech like PCR or often even a vaccine.

Now some have set a de jure or de facto goal not of eradicating COVID but making it endemic.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1259481359950639105
Yes, respiratory viruses are harder. But nations used to set the policy goal of eradicating infectious diseases, before tech like PCR or often even a vaccine.Now some have set a de jure or de facto goal not of eradicating COVID but making it endemic. https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1259481359950639105
Yes, respiratory viruses are harder. But nations used to set the policy goal of eradicating infectious diseases, before tech like PCR or often even a vaccine.Now some have set a de jure or de facto goal not of eradicating COVID but making it endemic. https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1259481359950639105
CITATIONS

Endemic coronaviruses
https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/04/two-scenarios-if-new-coronavirus-isnt-contained/

COVID-19 immunity
https://www.wired.com/story/sorry-immunity-to-covid-19-wont-be-like-a-superpower/

Malaria immunity
https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/reduction/vaccine.html

Endemic vs epidemic
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6347/156.full

Swedish policy
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31035-7/fulltext

How diseases were eradicated
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.mi.30.100176.002235
Experts envision two scenarios if new coronavirus isn't contained - STAT

Experts see two scenarios: 2019-nCoV becomes like the four little-known coronaviruses already endemic in people, or it becomes like the seasonal flu.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/04/two-scenarios-if-new-coronavirus-isnt-contained/
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