Quote Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever View Post
How will we get herd immunity if we are in lockdown? I wonder how we will get out of this situation. If we stay in lockdown for months the economy will be wrecked and millions of people’s lives ruined. When they do lift the lockdown the virus will still be there. If that is in autumn, the next outbreak will coincide with the next flu season.

Sweden does appear to be adopting the policy of herd immunity. I wonder whether they will hold their nerve.
We will get herd immunity even with people obeying lockdown as we are still mixing - in shops/hospitals/public transport/at essential work/care homes - and Covid 19 is so infectious. But with lockdown the curve is flattened - we hope - so that the NHS can save those who can be saved, rather than being overwhelmed. Herd immunity is not a choice - it will happen - but we hopefully can influence how quickly/slowly we get there, and how many people die in the process. The government's mistake was to think the epidemic needed a bit of help, and now, despite video evidence to the contrary, are denying that they were thinking that way. Lockdown should have been weeks earlier. As for horse racing, and pop concerts ....