U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced lockdown measures in the capital city of London, telling cafes, bars and restaurants to close from Friday.
that's weird, i thought u guyz were doin hurd emmunity
Why are people acting like the concept of 'herd immunity' is a completely illegitimate one? Everything is in flux, and governments are changing with the information given to them. London is the worst hit city in the UK. However, it is the experts suggesting this shit, not the Government. I don't know if it is because it is a Conservative Government or something.
Ultimately the strategy is either one of mitigation or suppression. Either try to mitigate the spread by protecting the vulnerable by self-isolation, not going out too much, etc, but allow for some herd immunity to take hold. Or a strategy of suppression by total lock down.
The thing is we don't know yet what is the right strategy so why are people pretending that they do? It could be that once the restrictions are lifted it comes back in a big way and no one has any immunity to it counteract it. If there was some herd immunity At least when things return to some kind of normality, there is some protection in the population to combat a second wave.