Hide the Pain Harold

I do not usually agree with politics too but you are 100 percent correct here!

That was because both diseases had a high mortality rate, killing off most infected.
COVID doesn't do that. It kills in (relatively) limited circumstance, when you compare cases to deaths. If the disease kills you, of course, nothing good came. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
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why would you use hide the pain harold

So by your own argument, if you get stabbed multiple times and don't die, that makes it okay.

No. You learn to defend yourself, and become a stronger person in most senses of the word, but the assailant is still a criminal

In emotional resolve, yes. You've seen the pits of it.

I'm not sure you realise how high a death rate of 2-3% is. It may not seem that much, but if you infect 330,000,000, that is over 6 million who won't survive. Small percentages can mean genocide in a population of millions. If we infect the entire world, on average, 150 million would die. polio still "only" had a (roughly) 10% death rate, and smallpox a 30% death rate, and they were known for killing most people who contracted it, so yes, a death rate of 2-3% (which goes to 7-10% for over-80s) is deadly

the problem here is, the death rates of both diseases dwarfed that of COVID, and as such, that makes the diseases far deadlier (having similar contraction numbers). The deadlier a disease is, the more difficult it is to reach herd immunity. With a relatively small number, in this case, six million, we could cut off the number almost immediately for shooting for herd immunity. It would cause a spike in cases and deaths, but that spike would result in a quick drop, ending the issue, as those who survived are becoming immune.
Also note, smallpox and polio are only two diseases. There was no vaccine for the Black Death (there is now, note the case in South Carolina), but it is still debated as to whether it just went away or herd immunity was a factor. The fact that the bubonic plague had similar statistics (inflate cases and deaths, they hit the marks) and just disappeared in one of the most unsanitary environments of all time is testament to what the immune system can do on its own. Sure, many diseases are ended by vaccines, but countless others aren't.

*by shooting for

However, you will notice, diseases that went away by vaccine generally killed off fewer people than those that didn't. Also, the bubonic plague spiked in the 1300s and the 1600s, but it was present throughout medieval history

If you develop an immunity to a disease, it doesn't make you invincible. Just like a vaccine. You can still get it, it's just harder. I'll agree to disagree and state that I, personally, would like to adapt the natural way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkVCpbNnkU