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Alex John London

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Friends, have you been thinking about these various proposals? The challenge seems to be to find something both feasible and ethically acceptable. https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21215494/coronavirus-plans-social-distancing-economy-recession-depression-unemployment

"I’ve read the plans to reopen the economy. They’re scary."

There is no plan to return to normal.

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21215494/coronavirus-plans-social-distancing-economy-recession-depression-unemployment

Here are some important lessons from history regarding immunity status as a key to liberties. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/coronavirus-immunity-passports.html

Opinion | The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege

We’ve seen what happens when people with immunity to a deadly disease are given special treatment. It isn’t pretty.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/coronavirus-immunity-passports.html

Here is @HankGreelyLSJU discussing some of the challenges of #immunitycertificates https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/10/immunity-certificates-covid-19-practical-ethical-conundrums/

Covid-19 'immunity certificates': practical and ethical conundrums - STAT

Immunity certificates are being touted as a way to restart the economy by getting some people back to work soon. We need to think them through first.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/10/immunity-certificates-covid-19-practical-ethical-conundrums/

It’s also important to recognize that while many Americans are sheltering at home, many simply cannot. We cannot literally shut EVERYTHING down; this alone creates social inequality and the longer we shelter in place the worse these inequalities will be. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/12/grocery-worker-fear-death-coronavirus/

‘It feels like a war zone’: As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear showing up at...

At least 41 grocery workers have died from covid-19, and thousands more have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in recent weeks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/12/grocery-worker-fear-death-coronavirus/

There are good reasons to be wary of any measures that further empower the digital surveillance state, but can phones be used for contact tracing in a way that is decentralized and empowering to individuals? https://twitter.com/francoisebaylis/status/1249631670778691585?s=21 https://twitter.com/francoisebaylis/status/1249631670778691585

https://twitter.com/francoisebaylis/status/1249631670778691585?s=21

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