Returning to this point again in the light of what's being discussed in the (UK) news today:Belindi wrote:Testing and tracing would have to be infinitely feasible for it to work.
I commented in a later post about this:
A debate going on at the moment is about whether those who have been vaccinated should be allowed to have "domestic vaccine passports" - i.e. identification not just for international travel but for the purposes of admittance to things like shops and sports event internally, to allow businesses to start at least partially trading again. There is a debate going on as to whether this would create an unacceptable "them and us" society. There are individual liberties arguments being made against the idea of requiring people to "show their papers" (eastern bloc reference) in order to get admittance to various venues and businesses.Steve3007 wrote:7. Perhaps allow the vaccinated and the immune to return to normal life if a system can be devised for clearly identifying those who have been vaccinated or who are otherwise immune. Clearly the former is easier than the latter. But a system like this is difficult to manage. For example, sports events which are currently closed could re-open but only for those who can show they are vaccinated/immune. Possibly hard to police for reasons touched on by Belindi. The advantage would be that some people could resume something like normal life. Note: as per point 4, we would not actively remove virus from the environment by the mere presence of the immune. The sole advantage to it is the partial resumption of normal social and economic life (which is still a substantial advantage in a world of tanking economies and all the problems caused by social isolation.)
What do you think about that? If I'm wrong in the above and it isn't difficult to manage/police, do you think it could be a good idea for the purpose of getting the economy moving again?