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Originally Posted by
hacker
Let's assume this Santa Clara testing is true and 2.5% - 4% of the population has had the virus. (I'm skeptical, but that's another story.)
We need about 60% of the population infected for herd immunity.
That is a range of 15 - 24 times more cases than we have now to reach herd immunity.
Assuming 2.5% - 4% infected and our current 38000 deaths, if we were to reach 60%, that would be 570,000 - 912,000 deaths.
That's shocking to me. Did I do the math wrong? Someone check it.
I really don't think we should be in a rush to try to obtain herd immunity.
The problem with the math is this isn't as lethal as it was once feared to be.
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