On 03/05/2020 15:25:56, Scott wrote:
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.

With the advent of vaccination for measles I haven't heard of measles
parties, however in a similar vein:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pox_party