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by pjc50 2222 days ago
> beating COVID by creating herd immunity, similarly to Sweden

The big problem here is that herd immunity requires that either you have a vaccine or you get some large fraction of the population infected, over 50%.

The death rate is about 1%, plus further people suffering long-term complications.

So achieving herd immunity in the UK would require about 300,000 dead.