Not everyone is going to get this. Herd immunity should be around 60-70% of the population. We can reach herd immunity either through that many people getting infected (which would mean many, many more deaths than we already have had) or we can skip to herd immunity with a vaccine. President Trump says we’re very close and there are multiple vaccine candidates in phase 3 or going into phase 3 trials right now.
Schools should open not because we want people to get this (we don’t, and we should be taking simple steps to reduce the spread and protect the vulnerable), but because the damage done to kids who don’t receive a good education is too high and the economic damage of parents having to scramble for daycare for kids not in school is also too high. We should absolutely open our schools AND do our best to isolate the sick and slow the spread until a vaccine becomes available. That approach saves many lives without tanking the economy or hurting kids.
Everybody is going to get this, because it is far enough from what the human body knows about that there is no immunity. What not everybody will get is severely ill from it, because only about 10% of us will become severely ill. Everybody else will either get a mild case, that is shakeable, or not ill at all.
A vaccine will not be probably for the next two years, which means we destroy the economy and become an 18th century agrarian economy again or we just accept some mile measures, like wearing gloves when out an about and masks, if you’re being near people, and wash your hands when you are home.
There is a slim chance that a vaccine would give us herd immunity.
There is no herd immunity for the flu, 30% is considered effective for that vaccine, excellence is in the 50% range....but it was a milder form. smh
The best thing is to allow the virus/disease to run its course and concentrate on treatments. The money and studies should be placed there for now.