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Originally Posted by DrunkIrish05
- Isolate/quarantine everyone over 65 or with a compromised immune system and open everything back up to everyone else. Seems to have the issue though that those isolated/quarantined won’t truly be isolated and many will quickly be infected by caregivers, food handlers, etc.
I've seen a lot of people mention something like this as a possibility, but I don't think they're really putting enough thought into it.
I guess you would have to just pick an arbitrary age to draw the line? There isn't anything magical about 65. Lots of people older than that would not obey that kind of restriction anyway.
How do you decide who has a compromised immune system? That can obviously be a matter of degree, and not necessarily easily defined. What if I'm 50 years old with diabetes...does the government force my employer to keep my job waiting for me indefinitely while I stay home? Or am I forced to choose between staying safe and losing my job, or keeping my job but risking my life?
What if I'm a 42-year-old smoker who is 50 pounds overweight...do I get to stay home too? Or I'm 66 and perfectly healthy, can I go to work?
It seems problematic in a lot of ways, I just don't see how that can be a realistic solution.