COVID-19 is engulfing prisons like San Quentin and it shows how letting the virus spread unchecked may only accelerate the death count and prolong the illness for those who manage to survive it

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• The coronavirus has run rampant in prisons, especially San Quentin State Prison in the Bay Area, and the unchecked spread may suggest that herd immunity without a vaccine is highly unlikely, The Los Angeles Times reported. 
• At least 2,200 cases have been reported out of the 3,260 people at the facility, with 25 deaths. 
• The death rate is equivalent to about 767 people dying out of every 100,000 people, which if applied to the entire US would mean 2.5 million deaths. 
• Herd immunity for COVID-19 requires immunity from 40% to 70% of the population, that means at least 32,500,000 people have to be immune. 
• Only 1.5% of the US has tested positive for coronavirus so far.
• Of the more than 5 million cases, over 164,000 have died. 
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The coronavirus has run rampant in prisons, especially San Quentin, where, as of Monday, 2,200 cases had been reported out of the 3,260 people at the facility; there have been 25 reported deaths. 

The Los Angeles Times reported that the unchecked spread of the coronavirus in San Quentin mirrors how some proposed we deal with the virus, by allowing as many members of the population to catch it for the sake of creating herd immunity. 

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