I don't think it's my social responsibility to avoid getting it. Once I have it, it may be a social responsibility to avoid spreading it around, however. In that case, I'm fine with self-quarantine and wearing a handkerchief.
Ah, but they'll remind you that there is a relatively long incubation period during which you're infectious. So your social responsibility to avoid spreading it starts by avoiding coming into contact with it in the first place.
I honestly think that's a fair argument to make. But followed up with: the impossibly rapidly developed (by Israel) vaccine has no adverse affects, just trust us! -- then it becomes a little more dubious.
So your social responsibility to avoid spreading it starts by avoiding coming into contact with it in the first place.
That sounds like some 'thought crime' bullshit to me. One of my parents forwarded to me that scam text about how national quarantine was coming by order of the president (srsly u guys!). I mentioned how it violated a number of the fundamental amendments for denying life, liberty, and access to property and that my 2A would be there to back up the violated amendments if someone tried to put me on house arrest without due process. Hell, they won't even run the test on people without them showing basically all of the symptoms to verify it's CoVid-19 because the kit stock is insufficient.
I think you're right that enforcing rules around this would probably end up violating basic liberties, but I think the majority would find this argument compelling.
As far as I know, being infectious before showing symptoms is just a fact of this disease. People are already scared. One could make a persuasive argument that avoiding spreading to others necessarily includes avoiding contracting the infection in the first place. And the best way to do this is boost your immunity through a vaccine (in addition to the semi-isolation measures already taking place).
I'm not saying it's right, but I'm saying a lot of people would agree with the above.
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