CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:49 pm There is still a long way to go. Nothing close to Covid-19 "herd immunity" has been reached in any country that has been tested so far.

Experts claim that at least 60 per cent of the population would need to have Covid-19 antibodies before herd immunity is reached. ​
The government had hoped for 20 per cent immunity by the end of May, but instead only 7.3 per cent have it.
This is lower than most countries that enforced lockdowns, including the UK and US, yet with still no lockdown in place, the full impact for Sweden may still a long way from being realised.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 39206.html

pczz wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:02 pm

Doc67 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:34 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:49 pm There is still a long way to go. Nothing close to Covid-19 "herd immunity" has been reached in any country that has been tested so far.

Experts claim that at least 60 per cent of the population would need to have Covid-19 antibodies before herd immunity is reached. ​
The government had hoped for 20 per cent immunity by the end of May, but instead only 7.3 per cent have it.
This is lower than most countries that enforced lockdowns, including the UK and US, yet with still no lockdown in place, the full impact for Sweden may still a long way from being realised.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 39206.html

Well, the UK test for antibodies in the UK was only approved on the 13th of May and is only just becoming available, so there is no way that any number from the 16th of May is anything other than completely made up. Until they test 1 million of London's 9 million population, any number for herd immunity is unreliable. Plus there is increasing evidence of some people who get infected, but were asymptomatic, and go on not to develop antibodies. How are they going to be counted?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... aincontent

Herd immunity only exists if the members of the herd who catch the disease and recover are immune. At the moment there is scant evidence that people who recover have any longterm immunity so it doesnt really matter how many people have taken one for the herd. If immunity is for less than 6 months then its not going to help. on the otjer hand, letting it spread and killoff the old and the weak may be a desirable outcome for some governments

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:07 pm

hunter8 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 1:44 pm

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:44 am Just be gracious guys
Y. E. P. w. e. w. a. s w. r. o. n.g
c'mom, it's not that hard to say

at the end of the year there will be no difference between Sweden and other European countries in the number of deaths per a million of population.

stupidity should be exposed for all to see.

BEcoz you ALL flocked it up.
You are comparing no lockdown with a flock-up
sorry but "stupidity should be exposed for all to see"

It did not have to be that way. Especially for "manageable" countries like Sweden where they could have had the same situ as those few others that have escaped the worst effects.
And if you think the situ in eg Oz and NZ at the end of the year will be the same as all yours, you are simply ill-informed.
Same same with escaping the worst effects on the Ekomony.
sorry to keep banging on about this but "wise action should also be exposed for all to see"

(only imo, of course. )

It did not have to be that way. Especially for "manageable" countries like Sweden where they could have had the same situ as those few others that have escaped the worst effects.