Re: Immunity Certificates- Italian regions testing for coronavirus immunity
Yep, if the test could determine when you were exposed. The point remains that those still at risk are being denied that chance to return to work (or do whatever else suits their fancy) and must remain at home while those exposed are no longer restricted. That confers a (legal?) benefit to having been exposed (auto vaccinated?) regardless of when or why not available to those who avoided infection.
I think we have to make some adjustments to our worldview for the duration.
Try to look at this like we all get along and care for each other. Do the obvious things we need to do right now.
The "fairness" of the situation would seem to take a back seat to practicality in regards to the topic of conversation.
There are LOTS of people already exposed and therefore immune. 3 or four for every confirmed case or thereabouts.. So a million or more folks who can't get sick or get others sick. We could really use a million healthy people who pose no risk nor are at risk.
Maybe we could limit them to volunteer work they are assigned to if they choose to participate. Feed em, reimburse for travel if they need it. But no pay.
That way they aren't being rewarded, and those who didn't listen could pay a little penance.
I get your concern, and I agree with it. San Diego's concentrations are around North Park, most popular neighborhood in the country for a while not long ago. Three contiguous communities all in a row. Full of millenials and young professionals. Trendy bars and restaurants. High density.
I suspect this will be a trend. And I suspect it was the result of the false impression (that I had myself briefly) that it was only hitting the old and sick. So young folks thought they had nothing to worry about.
Turned out that interpretation of the numbers was wrong.
Which is why the early messaging was so dangerous. The whole "It's no big deal" message is and will continue to come back to bite us in the ass.
There's a fine line between driving and stampeding the herd. I absolutely get that.
But there wasn't even morning coffee and putting on of boots and saddling of horses until the ruslters were already in the herd.
Republicans or democrats. Both were too involved in their politics at the beginning. The difference is the rate at which they accepted the situation and acted on it.
I am a little pissed about the bald calculation between saving lives and protecting wall street that I saw. It was far too obvious that body counts were barely a consideration in some circles. The odor of the "worthless eater" attitude that I have seen personally was thick. Balancing lost customers against cheaper labor and how much small business market share and cheap residential real estate can be acquired.
If the herd just gets back to work and nature takes it's course. (After they all have ventilators for them and theirs all set up in the guest house, of course)
It's been like this for decades now. But it's usually not this obvious.