Comments by "William Warren" (@wbwarren57) on "Basic Reproduction Number, R0" video.

  1. What about “immunity farming“? The most dangerous thing about this virus is it’s uncontrolled spread because it is likely if not controlled to infect people who are very vulnerable and who will need extensive hospitalization and will be most likely to die. Instead of uncontrolled spread, why not go out and identify the people who are most likely to be able to get through the coronavirus with minimal symptoms, isolate these people, purposely infected them with the coronavirus, monitor them very carefully and hospitalize anyone who develops more severe symptoms, test them frequently, and when they have recovered from the illness and are no longer infectious, let them go home where they can do anything, go anywhere, do any work, talk to anyone, without fear of getting sick themselves or infecting other people. The faster we do this, the more quickly we can increase the HERD immunity, build up a workforce that does not have to fear is a virus, and gained very valuable experience in what factors are most determinant in who is going to develop severe symptoms and what therapies are most effective in treating those people.
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