drkohler on 10 March 2020
| Pyro as Bill said: Wouldn't it be a good idea to purposefully infect and quarantine children so they can provide us with some herd immunity? |
Children tackle the virus much better than older people. That does not mean all go unharmed. You would essentially kill a few children. Others would flood-fill emergency rooms. Also your herd must be totally kept away from older people for weeks and months. And it is not known yet that once you were infected, you actually are immune against the original, or a mutated variant of the virus.
Over all, probably not a very good idea (though it has been forwarded by some people over here.
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