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		_kwmj on July 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune respon... > One way is heard immunity Without a vaccine - wouldn't herd immunity just be letting the virus spread and then let Darwin take over, more or less?

KaiserPro on July 21, 2020 [–]

This is precisely what it is.

It was the approach taken initially by the UK, and it is the one currently being taken by sweden.

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