[FRIAM] Covid and Politics

[Gary Schiltz]

Jon, I keep seeing the term "white van" tossed around. Would you enlighten
me? Google didn't unambiguously help.

On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 12:41 PM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Cody, Nick, et al.
>
> Part of my concern with a *white van* or *relying on herd immunity*
> approach
> is the side-effect health risks associated with Covid-19. From a Johns
> Hopkins article
> <https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/what-coronavirus-does-to-the-lungs>
> :
>
> *"People who survive ARDS and recover from COVID-19 may have lasting
> pulmonary scarring."*
>
> In analogy with some arguments made about an individual's right to control
> their personal data, individuals *should* have the right to control their
> own
> health. When we volunteer to risk our future health, there is room for a
> *compensatory* argument. Even if Covid-19 is like data in that it wants
> to be
> free, we *ought* to recognize that such a sacrifice *should* be rewarded
> and with
> full disclosure as to the potentially lifelong health risks.
>
> Jon
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