{"id":54230,"date":"2021-02-27T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T16:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=54230"},"modified":"2021-02-27T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T16:24:17","slug":"these-7-states-are-on-the-verge-of-herd-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=54230","title":{"rendered":"These 7 States Are On The Verge Of Herd Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Nothing seems to scare the establishment more than a return to &#8216;normal&#8217;. And by &#8216;normal&#8217;, we mean a return to an environment outside of the tyrannical control of career politicians and bureaucrats who have got a taste for this &#8216;being king&#8217; stuff and know that anyone who questions their edicts will be &#8216;canceled&#8217; by their Covidian cultists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-02-19_5-44-16%20%281%29.jpg?itok=5xDZHV6K\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-02-19_5-44-16%20%281%29.jpg?itok=5xDZHV6K\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-02-19_5-44-16%20%281%29.jpg?itok=5xDZHV6K\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"0b70e629-bd40-42a2-b099-9dd203d72ce8\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, a week after Johns Hopkins surgeon, Dr. Marty Makary,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/well-have-herd-immunity-by-april-11613669731\">penned an Op-ed in the WSJ<\/a>\u00a0saying that\u00a0<strong>we will have herd immunity by April<\/strong>&#8230; and was instantly disavowed as &#8216;dangerous&#8217;, some awkward &#8216;facts&#8217; and &#8216;science&#8217; have been dropped by none other than FundStrat&#8217;s Tom Lee.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;&#8230;cumulatively and slowly, the US is seeing more states reach that combined level of vaccinations + infections approach what is seen as herd immunity.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-02-26_7-36-26.jpg?itok=kSo-Rm9J\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-02-26_7-36-26.jpg?itok=kSo-Rm9J\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-02-26_7-36-26.jpg?itok=kSo-Rm9J\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"165\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"39d0aa8e-e8cb-408e-8af4-08a5934d528a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlquintanilla\/status\/1365115973519499270\"><em>Source<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So far,\u00a0<strong>South Dakota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Arizona, Oklahoma, Utah, and Tennessee\u00a0<\/strong>are the nearest.<\/p>\n<p>Lee&#8217;s &#8220;math&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<em>which we also know is racist\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; appears to fit with Makary&#8217;s arguments for why the recent plunge in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths is not policy-related (no matter how much the politicians and their media lackeys push that narrative):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;&#8230;<strong>the consistent and rapid decline in daily cases since Jan. 8 can be explained only by natural immunity.<\/strong>\u00a0Behavior didn\u2019t suddenly improve over the holidays; Americans traveled more over Christmas than they had since March. Vaccines also don\u2019t explain the steep decline in January. Vaccination rates were low and they take weeks to kick in.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm560C.jpg?itok=avhKy9QD\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm560C.jpg?itok=avhKy9QD\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfm560C.jpg?itok=avhKy9QD\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"240\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"300ac3ba-71c2-4bdc-881a-24a2e9fcf3a9\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_borderTop__2PX5m Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Experts should level with the public about the good news&#8230;<\/strong>&#8221; exclaims\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/johns-hopkins-prof-sees-us-herd-immunity-april-fauci-fearmongers-2022-return-normality\">Makary<\/a>, and this data on imminent herd immunity puts more pressure on Fauci and Biden to come clean&#8230; despite their variant-fearmongering and &#8220;no return to normal until Christmas or beyond&#8221; predictions.<\/p>\n<p>But of course, this reality may never be allowed in the national narrative, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/johns-hopkins-prof-sees-us-herd-immunity-april-fauci-fearmongers-2022-return-normality\">Makary\u00a0<\/a>previously concluded:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Some medical experts privately agreed with my prediction that there may be very little Covid-19 by April but\u00a0<strong>suggested that I not to talk publicly about herd immunity because people might become complacent and fail to take precautions<\/strong>\u00a0or might decline the vaccine. But scientists shouldn\u2019t try to manipulate the public by hiding the truth. As we encourage everyone to get a vaccine, we also need to reopen schools and society to limit the damage of closures and prolonged isolation.\u00a0<strong>Contingency planning for an open economy by April can deliver hope to those in despair and to those who have made large personal sacrifices.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But, but, the science!?<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/these-7-states-are-verge-herd-immunity\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/these-7-states-are-verge-herd-immunity<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}