Using herd immunity as a weapon against this lurgi when no other is available is a no-brainer imo. Since it is inevitable that the lurgi will spread to ~80% of the population, managing it by propagan… (View Post)

It is a precept of EU thinking to see any crisis as an opportunity for ever closer union. How's it doing on that score I wonder? (View Post)

It means exposing those at least risk (i.e. children) to the virus so that their acquired immunity acts as a break (as in breakwater) on the spread of the virus in the wider population. Meanwhile old… (View Post)

I would like to thank the early morning discussants here, and especially @CarlottaVance for the informed and dispassionately reasoned discussions. These exchanges take public debate to a new level wh… (View Post)

Well why shut the schools if children are not at severe risk if they do catch the virus? Many even seem to be asymptomatic. If the young people acquire immunity they represent an element of resistanc… (View Post)