Well it took the deaths of an estimated 50 million people during the Spanish Flu outbreak and two years to achieve a semblance of herd immunity and the second wave was worse than the first. They also practiced social distancing. The Spanish Flu virus never completely disappeared. Traces are still found today. And has already been seen with the coronavirus, recovery even in young people can be very arbitrary. Lots more infections could also mean lots more long termers putting even more stress on hospital systems around the world . The long term effects of this virus seem to be more complex than the Spanish Flu but not enough time has passed to tell whether the symptoms of some of the survivors will dissipate or not re heart, lung, kidney and neurological problems. Also a form of chronic fatigue.for all the poo pooing of the herd immunity strategy, what is going on in Europe right now feels to me like going for it without mentioning it by name. the decrease in deaths compared to the first wave suggests that there is some degree of adaptation by the vulnerable, so again it seems that something indeed is possible to be done.
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