See: The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster, It Shouldn't Be a Model for the Rest of the World.
The article is very long and data-rich. It also echos the warning found in The Lancet which warns:
And what makes this particularly dangerous is that this fallacy is part of Trump's tri-part platform, i.e.:
The article is very long and data-rich. It also echos the warning found in The Lancet which warns:
The arrival of a second wave and the realisation of the challenges ahead has led to renewed interest in a so-called herd immunity approach, which suggests allowing a large uncontrolled outbreak in the low-risk population while protecting the vulnerable. Proponents suggest this would lead to the development of infection-acquired population immunity in the low-risk population, which will eventually protect the vulnerable.
This is a dangerous fallacy unsupported by scientific evidence. [source; emphasis added - JS]
This is a dangerous fallacy unsupported by scientific evidence. [source; emphasis added - JS]
And what makes this particularly dangerous is that this fallacy is part of Trump's tri-part platform, i.e.:
- it is no big deal - it will wither away on its own;
- it is a bit deal - no one has dealt with it better than me;
- it is what it is - let herd immunity take care of it.