Flattening the curve doesn’t change the total area under the curve.
Unless you have a robust immune system, hide away until you get a CV vaccine shot sometime next year.
I got the sniffles after leaving each of the two local Walmarts over a week ago. I got the sniffles and muscle aches forcing me into bed after buying a bottle of tonic water at the main local grocery store.
Should have chased the tonic water with vodka or it would not make any sense.
The vast majority of healthy people have robust immune systems. Forcing healthy people into hiding instead of letting them be exposed to the virus prevents them from developing immunity which is ultimately what will kill a virus by decreasing the number of viable hosts.
No vaccine is ever as effective as natural immunity because the vaccine only contains inert proteins or killed or attenuated viruses, thus the antibody formed is not to a live, replicating virus but to some inert substance or protein.
How can it be claimed that only a vaccine-created immunity would protect the herd, and natural lifelong immunity does not?
I for one plan on getting tested for immunity to Coronavirus as soon as the tests are made available. If the test shows that I indeed have natural immunity, there is no need for me to get vaccinated for my own health OR the health of the community at large.