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by adornKey 1241 days ago
And for anyone skilled enough in mathematician to check the assumptions for the formulas for "herd immunity": It was clear from the beginning that the term "herd immunity" was based on totally unrealistic assumptions. These are seasonal viruses - and outbreaks were following strict mathematics fitting a seasonal outbreak. This was clearly visible from the beginning (people posted formulas for that in early 2020....). The term Herd immunity absolutely doesn't make any sense for a seasonal virus like this. There is no such thing as a constant R-Value. That model is based on stochastic independent infections... (which is very unrealistic... and dumb...)