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Fairly definitively that was always the wrong answer.

In the future:

1. Most people will get SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from their mothers

2. Early life exposure will happen

3. The SARS-CoV-2 virus will be force to make expensive mutations to avoid immune escape will come at a cost to fitness.

None of the conditions can be created by what you suggest. You have the problem of having the relatively most-lethal / most-transmissible version of the virus spreading unhindered in a population of >40 year olds who have no natural immunity. The "COVID party" solution maximizes the death and cost of the virus.



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