Marko: Red Bull considered deliberately infecting its drivers with coronavirus

Yes, honestly it is in theory not a bad idea. However, they'd then need to quarantine the drivers during the infection + 2 weeks after to reduce risks of them infecting others. Furthermore, drivers are generally very healthy, but depending on how deeply checked they are, chances are unknown issues (say an up until now heart issue) might make such a feat potentially dangerous.

*up until now unknown...

It makes perfect sense to me, where do I sign up for the Corona Camp!

Or, instead of a camp, what about a Corona holiday package, or a Corona cruise, and self isolate somewhere nice for two weeks until you get over it! I'm not being glib, another month of this, and then what? By all accounts we're not going to have a vaccine within a year, and the virus is still going to be out there and the world economy and society will be f****d.

If we’re going to be forced to self isolate en mass for 14 days, then give me the bloody virus, so that I can get over it and get on with it! Hell, for what this virus is costing me, I'd pay a camp $25,000 in advance and sign off on acceptance of any additional cost for the very unlikely event that I'd need back up health care, if that's what it took!

What's going to happen at the end of this two week period? They're not going to eradicate it! It's still going to be out there. Their whole response is a formula for prolonging this thing, its just going to drag on and on.

In fact, to me, the numbers and underlying facts from WHO don't add up to the response. If 80% of people can get it, get over it, and many not even know they've had it because of the mild flue like symptoms, why not identify that cohort and let people make their own choice if they: 1. are under say 55; 2. have no underlying respiratory, cardiac, immune, or diabetic disorders; and 3. importantly, are in a position to self isolate themselves for two weeks. If we are going to have to self isolate en mass anyway, then why not give the young and otherwise healthy the opportunity to sign off on the risks and attend a Corona Camp!

Or better yet, give people the opportunity to opt out of the community for 12 months!! Support people who are over 55 with certain conditions in making a decision to isolate themselves, and let the rest of us get it, self isolate, get over it and get on with it! Tom and Rita appear to be doing ok.

...... and why is the media calculating the death rate based upon confirmed cases? Surely if they’re able to record the number of confirmed cases, they would also have a record of how many tests have been undertaken, which would enable them to project the % of people who have likely had it! Surely that would be a more appropriate denominator in the death rate calculation!

He clearly justifies his Nazi-like beliefs

Well, not necessarily all underlying, but at the very least all cardiopulmonary and immune-related. But in essence I agree with you. Sounds good, doesn't work. And even if F1 drivers are incredibly well tested (which they are), some inheritable heart diseases are very hard to detect in young, fit people, up until they kinda just suddenly debut.

@abhid it is and isn't. There have been rare cases of reinfection, some being onchology patients (notably frail and, depending on type, prone to immune insufficience) have been gettimg ill again with it. Whether it's reinfection or just the infection never leaving we don't know.

Here's the thing: if we didn't develop immunity to the COV, a vaccine would be a waste of time. You telling me tonnes of science teams have worked for naught?
No, most people will likely develop an immunity towards it. The question is: at what pace does it develop new strains which doesn't get fought off with immunity towards other strains, and why do some people get reinfected while others do not? We really don't know much about the latter factor.

Im saying, getting infected and then getting cured doesn’t guarantee safety. COVID-19 is not pox.

If people are getting reinfected then vaccine would do nothing. If those antibodies do not sustain after infection then it stands to reason that antibodies developed because of vaccine would also not sustain. Let's hope that's not true.

Deliberately introducing one to infection can also leave one's lungs capacity seriously hampered. One wouldn't want to live with compromised body for the rest of one's life.

Thank god I do not work for a shitty employer like Marko/RB. Employees are also humans, not pawns to be used to further one’s ambitions.