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Herd immunity is irrelevant
This position holds that treating herd immunity as a chosen strategy is a misnomer, making the debate largely beside the point. It argues that without a vaccine, pursuing natural herd immunity is a reckless gamble — and that lockdowns are themselves just a slower route to the same end.
Supporting arguments · 2
- Questioning the merits of herd immunity is, in itself, a misnomerIn the absence of a vaccine, the only chance we have of trumping this virus is by achieving herd immunity.
- Herd immunity should not be a strategy when there is no vaccineVaccines are an important part of stopping viruses and illnesses. Making a coronavirus vaccine is more important than herd immunity.