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Some notes:

>Pros:

>- An extremely small number of people who would get side effects now wouldn’t

What is an 'extremely small' number? The CDC[0] states that [Headache..., Fever, Nausea] are "common." Sadly 'common' is not defined, but with >100,000,000 folks with natural immunity it's hard to imagine a definition of 'common' that squares with any reasonable definition of 'extremely small'.

>Cons:

>- Logistics: you now need to perform a blood test on every single person in the country,

For a large chunk of the population you have past positive test results. For the rest, you just need to offer the option of taking a blood test. Furthermore, the majority of the US is already vaccinated. So in just a few steps you go from "every single person" to, if you allow me to guesstimate, somewhere in the single digit percentages.

Also a missing pro:

You have a government whose vaccine policies are grounded in proper science and medical ethics, reducing the number of vaccine hesitant individuals.

[0]https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect/af...

parent bitcurious 5 years ago

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