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Why would you expose a human to potentially infected people if it could be avoided?
by MattGaiser 5y ago
Why would you expose a human to potentially infected people if it could be avoided?
- IfOnlyYouKnew 5y agoWell, the “potentially infected people” are humans, too, and probably prefer to interact with other humans, not robots. Besides, homeless people aren’t some strange foreign species that is uniquely dangerous to talk to. When you single them 0ut for the robot treatment, while other, even high-risk, groups, such as those presenting at hospitals with symptoms, it raises some questions.
- filoleg 5y ago> homeless people aren’t some strange foreign species that is uniquely dangerous to talk to. You forgot the part where those homeless people are infected with covid. Anyone infected with it is dangerous, regardless of whether they are homeless or not.
- staplers 5y agoRobot dogs can carry viruses on them as well. This seems like overkill when gloves/N95 could do as well.
- filoleg 5y agoRobot dogs can carry viruses, but it is much easier to "sanitize" them, as opposed to humans. And robot dogs cannot get infected themselves either, unlike social workers who would be normally performing that duty instead of robot dogs. Gloves and N95 are cool, but they still carry a significant risk of infection if the person with gloves and N95 is surrounded by infected people in a confined environment on a regular basis. Look at all those cases of infected doctors in hospitals working with covid patients.
- FireBeyond 5y agoSo you'd approve of this dog coming through your neighborhood and assessing you anb your children's temperature without your agreement or consent then, too, presumably?
- MattGaiser 5y agoI am perfectly fine with that. If I am infected, I want to know. Scan away.