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13:20: "is there any data out there comparing countries that took the herd immunity mentality vs our social distancing approach? If so, is there a big difference in outcomes? for one thing you can look a place like Japan which didn't do the same mitigation that we did and they only had 85 deaths in the country of Japan"

Fauci's answer: "You gotta be careful when you compare countries, different sizes, different borders, there is a really good example that I think answers your question, the UK had deci?ded that you were gonna let's get herd immunity, they did that for a few weeks and then opps, mistake, we better hunkering down and do physical separation"

But that's hardly a good example? Boris was presented with the same faulty models that you yourself believe are faulty? And as a politician, even if he was a cold blooded murderer, there was no way he would look at those number and continue to pretend that he had a choice? and with shit bipartisan journalism being the norm and politics being a circus everywhere in the world, there was no chance he'd go with the herd immunity option even if it was the less deadlier one, because it is political suicide and he'd never get a fair chance at explaining his decision? The applies for most politicians in the west.

If you want a good example, you'll have to actually look at countries that actually went ahead and actually tried that approach. What a dumb ass answer that was.