[vhfpmr (OP)]

The BBC were reporting 50-70% positive among tests of the asymptomatic this week. At that rate, it makes me wonder if the decline in the death rate is due to herd immunity rather than lockdown.

[alancalverd]

Interesting statistic. Since the majority of the population is asymptomatic, the clear inference is that at least 50% of us are infected. However the number of tests remains very small and their accuracy remains debatable, so it would be foolish to draw any conclusions from those statistics.

 The credibly good news is that https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending29may2020#deaths-registered-in-the-uk suggests that the excess weekly deaths in the UK (compared with the 5 year average) have now reduced from 120% to almost zero.

[evan_au]

Very few diseases have been eradicated.

Another disease that came close to eradication was Polio.
- This program was supported by the Gates foundation and Warren Buffet

Unfortunately, it was sabotaged by the CIA:
- Under the guise of a vaccination program, they were taking DNA samples in an attempt to locate targets on their hit list.
- When this news became known*, vaccination programs were rejected, and vaccination teams were attacked.

*It doesn't matter if it is true or not - that's what people in Polio hotspots believe: vaccination programs are a secret plot by the west.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_eradication#Opposition_to_vaccination_efforts

[alancalverd]

Another disease that came close to eradication was Polio.- This program was supported by the Gates foundation and Warren Buffet

I was vaccinated before Bill Gates was born. Is there no end to this man's magnificence?