Two things. First, death isn’t the only downside of coronavirus. Even losing your sense of smell for six months sucks. (My mother caught COVID in March, and spent the next few months complaining that her food tasted like dirt.) And of course there’s other forms of damage as well.
Second, and more importantly, control systems. The death number (in any age band) is low in large part because people are staying home and not socializing. The chance of death I would create for myself and those around me by going out and/or socializing is probably higher than 17/100k. The upside of immunity (in particular measurable immunity) is that I can increase my exposure without breaking the control system.
Two things. First, death isn’t the only downside of coronavirus. Even losing your sense of smell for six months sucks. (My mother caught COVID in March, and spent the next few months complaining that her food tasted like dirt.) And of course there’s other forms of damage as well.
Second, and more importantly, control systems. The death number (in any age band) is low in large part because people are staying home and not socializing. The chance of death I would create for myself and those around me by going out and/or socializing is probably higher than 17/100k. The upside of immunity (in particular measurable immunity) is that I can increase my exposure without breaking the control system.
Are you sure it will stop transmission?