Tuesday 7 April 2020

Covidology II


It could be a good career move for a young healthy person to become infected voluntarily with the coronavirus? Present yourself with a warranted genuine antibody certificate to a prospective employer and be sure of being accepted as fit to meet the public. There could even be a lapel pin/badge. ‘You’re in safe hands with our team’. ‘Our people are patriotic economy warriors, making this nation great’. ‘Roll on the vaccine but until then you know you can rely on us’. ‘We care, we dare - to serve you’.

4 comments:

john doyle said...

Cheaper and quicker than getting a college degree...

john doyle said...

From this Harvard white paper dated 25 March, p.19f:

Throughout the periods of quarantine, individuals who can be tested serologically and shown to have immunity would be exempt from quarantine as soon as they have immunity and on condition that they deploy in the Medical Reserve Corps, a group of volunteers overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services that supports pandemic services "including surveillance, vaccination, mitigation measures, communications, and education." An optimal response would also consider including low-risk incarcerated populations in this program, at wages no lower than minimum wage and ideally on par with other participants, both to quickly reduce the density of U.S. prisons and to address shortages in the workforce by giving incarcerated persons the option of assisting with pandemic response.

ombhurbhuva said...

John,
That’s like the plot of a movie we’ve often seen.
-You’re the only one who knows what he looks like, he trusts you. Complete this mission and instead of rotting in here you could have the chance of working two minimum wage jobs to have a decent life. Whadya say?

- Will America be grateful?

john doyle said...

238 prisoners in Cook County Jail have tested positive, making it the single biggest concentration of cases in the country; the vast majority of the 4500 inmates have not been tested. Good training ground for the Medical Reserve Corps.