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> Every disease in history has conferred immunity except for HIV, which is chronic.

This is not true, nor a generally good guideline to think about things. Coronaviruses generally confer short immunity periods.

> 2) What is your alternative? The US lost to mother nature.

In the very least, being aware that long term herd immunity is not a viable goal.

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> This is not true, nor a generally good guideline to think about things. Coronaviruses generally confer short immunity periods.

would the common cold be a good example? the common cold is caused by a few different coronaviruses, and it's not uncommon for people to get a cold at least once a year or even multiple times a year.

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