In an op-ed published byon Friday, Makary argued that half of the U.S. has already reached herd immunity because there are more coronavirus cases in the country, possibly 6.5 times as many, than the 28 million that have been reported.
"There is reason to think the country is racing toward an extremely low level of infection," Makary wrote."As more people have been infected, most of whom have mild or no symptoms, there are fewer Americans left to be infected. At the current trajectory, I expect COVID will be mostly gone by April, allowing Americans to resume normal life."
During the pandemic, some politicians have suggested letting most of society return to normal so that the virus could run its course. But many epidemiologists have repeatedly shut down the idea, arguing that it's not a defensible plan and pointing to the fact that it would lead to a catastrophic loss of lives with no guarantee that immunity would be achieved.
"Many experts, along with politicians and journalists, are afraid to talk about herd immunity. The term has political overtones because some suggested the U.S. simply let COVID rip to achieve herd immunity. That was a reckless idea," he added."But herd immunity is the inevitable result of viral spread and vaccination. When the chain of virus transmission has been broken in multiple places, it's harder for it to spread—and that includes the new strains.
India , China need what we all need . .
He’s full of it.
Much like climate change deniers he has found a way to get on Fox News for easy money.
I'm old enough to remember one big fat blob promising it'd be over 'that goes away in April with the heat' (021020); 'that’s a problem that’s going to go away'(022520). 'the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero'(022620) ... followed by 35 other claims.
stop making comments on stuff you dont know about!!!
He’s wrong.
Wow disappeared like a miracle. Just had to let it ravage the country, kill hundreds of thousands, and infect everyone.
It’s ‘Johns’ Hopkins, not John Hopkins, .
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