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by Bendingo 2282 days ago
> They just say you won't get herd immunity until about 60% are infected

But even this is wrong, or at least, unsure. Herd immunity relies on low (or zero) re-infection. It works for diseases like measles, where the risk of re-infection (after either infection or immunisation) is effectively zero.

We don't yet know if re-infection with covids-19 is possible or not.