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Ask HN: Govt-issued wristbands for COVID recovered
Thinking out loud here.
How about the government issuing wristbands to people declared recovered from COVID-19?
Perhaps the wristband would include 1) Name and 2) QR Code to cross-reference with a large doctors' database confirming their positive test and recovery.
- ceejayoz 7y agoI do think something like this is likely to be an important part of relaxing quarantine restrictions. I also suspect there'll be a roaring black market in them.
- causehealth101 7y agoGood point! That idea of a black market in this trade is scary.
- dastx 7y agoWhy? What's the point? At the moment there is no data confirming that you develop immunity once you recover.
- causehealth101 7y agoI agree, which is why I made sure not to mention immunity. But at least these people would no longer be a health threat to the community, right? My thought is that they would be one step towards helping society return to normalcy (e.g. going back to jobs).