On Fri, 1 May 2020 13:45:55 +0100, Fredxx wrote:
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Yet if we truly want herd immunity we want those young and fit to go out
and mingle.

Only when we're above the 60-70% infection rate will the infection rate
be low enough to die out.

I can remember my mum talking about 'measles parties' in the 1920s or
1930s, pre-vaccination. If one child caught measles, parents of
others would try to infect their children too. The argument was (as
now?) that the disease was far less serious in children that adults.