I live in GA, and got nervous when I saw this was happening in Texas. I just know Kemp is on some "hold my beer" shit. Seems like they're betting it all on some Herd Immunity bullshit.
I could be wrong but I think I read that herd immunity only sets in when 70% (or more) of the population has either had COVID-19 and recovered from it, or they've been vaccinated... those 2 numbers added together have to equal 70% of the population
So you're looking at 70% of roughly 331 million people... 231 million people need to contract and recover from COVID-19 or they need to be vaccinated.
We currently have 29 million cases in the US.
27 million people fully vaccinated as of 3/1/21.
518k deaths in the US as of 3/1/21.
If we really think herd immunity is the way to go there will be MILLIONS of deaths in the US. I don't feel like doing the math but y'all can get the picture.