A representative study of antibodies requires both a complete list of people (like the White Pages) & the power to compel them to give a sample (like jury duty).
Compelling 1/N people to give a sample is arguably better than N in lockdown. But it raises civil liberties concerns.
Compelling 1/N people to give a sample is arguably better than N in lockdown. But it raises civil liberties concerns.
The pandemic is terrible from a liberty standpoint.
It's the ultimate collective action problem. Every aspect seems to require either a highly cooperative citizenry or a competent centralized government (or both!) to quash it.
But we don't have either. Huge potential for abuse.
It's the ultimate collective action problem. Every aspect seems to require either a highly cooperative citizenry or a competent centralized government (or both!) to quash it.
But we don't have either. Huge potential for abuse.
The pandemic will eventually recede once we get a vaccine, treatment, or herd immunity.
But governments won't surrender the powers obtained along the way. With physical assembly restricted, we may need digital decentralization to rebuild our freedoms.
But governments won't surrender the powers obtained along the way. With physical assembly restricted, we may need digital decentralization to rebuild our freedoms.
I mentioned that the pandemic requires states with either (a) a highly cooperative citizenry or (b) a competent centralized government or (c) both to quash it.
The West doesn't have many of these. But the virus may actually create more via devolution.
The West doesn't have many of these. But the virus may actually create more via devolution.
