Dr. Fauci on Friday said it’s possible that Americans could eventually carry around certificates of immunity to the coronavirus once proper testing is widespread enough.
“That’s possible,” Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on CNN’s “New Day.”
“It’s one of those things that we talk about when we want to make sure that we know who the vulnerable people are and not,” he said. “This is something that’s being discussed. I think it might actually have some merit.”
This is highly controversial, as critics point out essentially eliminates the concept of medical privacy, which many believe was decimated when HIPPA ( Health insurance portability and accountability act) was passed in 1996 – which eroded most medical privacy rights. ” The HIPAA Paradox: The Privacy Rule That’s Not”, Hastings Center Report, written by Richard Sobel, is a good piece on this issue.
This also raises the question, what will happen to people who don’t earn this certificate? Will individuals who are not immune to COVID-19 be forced to shelter in place indefinitely ? Will you have to display your “papers” in order to live your life? Will those who did not earn this certificate or refuse to comply because of religious or personal beliefs be treated like lepers and outcasts?
This concept is what every individual rights activist and conspiracy theorist has feared for decades. People will have to carry around a certificate in order to go outside? Has this gone too far? How much are you willing to sacrifice in order to be safe from a virus? Personal and religious liberties all come into play.
As Politicio pointed out: In parts of China, citizens are already required to display colored codes on their smartphones indicating their contagion risk. The controversial surveillance measure facilitated on Wednesday marked the end of the lock-down of Wuhan, the city in China’s central province of Hubei where the novel coronavirus first emerged.
It would seem Dr. Fauci signaled a new era in America. Will Americans adapt to a communist China like system in order to ease their fear of Covid-19, a very real and dangerous virus? Will people rebel? Will a middle ground be reached?
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