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The virus needs to be studied in further detail before we haphazardly aim for herd immunity. There is still no proof that the immunity gained from it, lasts more than a few months. Imagine the fall out if a government pushes for herd immunity, knowingly sacrificing 5-10% of the population, and it turns out that country gets wave after wave of fatalities due to the herd not having a lasting immunity.


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