OH, BROTHER! Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something even stranger comes along. This time, it was a bunch of self-congratulatory eggheads with a bunch of fancy initials after their names who call themselves libertarians and academics but smell like Trumpers. It just goes to show you that there are such things as educated idiots. I have a Ph.D. but I would rather rely on my mind than any of the various titles and honors that I have received thus far.
This group of people gathered together and came up with a plan which was basically a truly dangerous version of “herd immunity.” Herd immunity, as we know it, can be obtained through vaccinations—if enough people are vaccinated against a disease, the community spread will slow and stop. But this crazy plan posits that we let everyone get Covid-19 and sooner or later, the ones who don’t die will confer immunity on the rest of the “herd.” Of course, respected scientists and doctors are aghast at the idea, as well they should be. The expert prediction is that if this kind of herd immunity becomes policy, millions of Americans will needlessly die.
Naturally this plays right into Donald Trump’s little hands. Crazy Trump believes that he can’t win unless the country is open for business. If this herd immunity policy were to be adopted, people would go back to work. They won’t wear masks, they won’t socially distance, they won’t stay in their houses. They will infect one another. The restaurants and the movie theaters and concerts and public gatherings will reopen and to hell with all those who get sick and die. Read more…