Originally Posted by
Roger Feeley
I think masks for all are kind of inevitable. There are two approaches to getting out of this thing:
1. Deliberately build herd immunity.
a. To do that somewhere between 50-66% of the population must get sick and recover. We have 327 million people. Even using 1% fatality (low), that's 3.27 million deaths.
b. vaccinate to get to herd immunity
2. Test, track and quarantine like crazy. That path requires us to be very vigilant over the next 18 months or so until a vaccine is available. To hold infections to a minimum, masks are pretty much required. Since individuals are contagious several days before showing symptoms, we can't just 'stay home if we have a fever'.