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Then lets lockdown and force people who are less healthy to take all the steps to protect themselves, and leave alone the healty ones ?
by polote 6y ago
Then lets lockdown and force people who are less healthy to take all the steps to protect themselves, and leave alone the healty ones ?
- jurassic 6y agoVulnerable people have needs that are supplied by the broader community (food, medicines, medical care, etc) so it's impossible to fully isolate vulnerable populations.
- polote 6y agolet's do like, china and directly deliver food to them. Every citizen of the us has been sent a 1200 check, US is able to fund a service like that also
- chillwaves 6y ago$1200 check sent out like 4 months ago. That money is long gone.
- tomc1985 6y agoSo... segregation? Something tells me that won't really fly
- recursive 6y agoHaving or being vulnerable to a virus isn't a protected class.
- extra88 6y agoPeople with disabilities are in a protected class. Being immunocompromised qualifies as a disability. Here's a brief definition, from a government site about equal employment: https://www.eeoc.gov/disability-discrimination#definition https://www.eeoc.gov/disability-discrimination#definition
- recursive 6y agoIt doesn't seem like immunocompromise generally constitutes a disability by that definition, without satisfying some other criteria. But I'm not a lawyer, so what do I know.
- extra88 6y agoThe text of the law makes it more explicit: "[...] a major life activity also includes the operation of a major bodily function, including but not limited to, functions of the immune system [...]" https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/12102 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/12102
- bosie 6y agoHow do you define 'less healthy' though? In the UK the warning was BMI of over 35 needs to be careful, >40 needs to isolate. That would be a hell of a lot of americans. Plus the diabetics, heart issues, elderly etc.
- creaghpatr 6y agoNot as many as all of them, though.
- bosie 6y agoI don't know what the ripple effect is. Might be very close (after all, less than half the americans do work). And you don't need that many people to isolate for the house of cards to crumble. Plenty shops need to close because 30% fewer customers isn't enough to sustain them