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Reminder that at the moment this cannot happen without 1% of them dying and many more suffering long lasting or even permanent debilitation.

If we ever get to the point where 80% of the population has had the virus, that would be a massive failure.



And the immunity may only last a year or two.


While there's no guarantee of long-lasting immunity, at the same time we do not know if the symptoms will be still as severe in reinfected people.


Unless everyone's immunity stops at about the same time, a year or two of immunity would be sufficient to prevent large scale pandemics from recurring from this virus.




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