Alameda County, California Will PAY Those Who Test Positive for Coronavirus $1,250

Big League Politics ^ | August 10, 2020 | Richard Moorehead

[CheshireTheCat]

A northern California county has approved a trial plan to pay anyone who tests positive for the coronavirus disease $1,250, with the idea that paying them to stay home is the only way to deter them from spreading the disease.

Alameda county supervisors are arguing that it’s the only way to prevent people from spreading the disease. “Many of them just could not afford to lose two weeks’ worth of wages to quarantine and isolate,” said policy director Vanessa Cedeño.

It’s unclear how Alameda County plans to deal with the prospect of individuals intentionally contracting coronavirus with the promise of filing for unemployment and receiving the county’s generous stipend for a positive diagnosis. The trial plan does require documentation of a positive test to receive the payment.

[metmom]

Idiots.

[hanamizu]

posting who has tested positive. If this is a public health crisis, shouldn’t we know who in the public has been infected.

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You are confusing Wuhan/CCP virus and gun ownership.

[Irenic]

Wow, let the covid parties roll.

[IgnorerOfLiberals]

I would go out and contract it purposely.

[steve86]

I would not undergo the deep nasal swab for $1200, no strings attached (pun).

[Dogbert41]

Those who caused 165,000 American deaths should have to pay a million times that to each victim.

[Grampa Dave]

No coincidences at this level.

[Grampa Dave]

Just leave then.

[AndyJackson]

Like WFB state, when you subsidize something, you get more of it, like illegitimacy and cheese.

[Vendome]

$1,250???

No Shiite?

Well, what do the testing centers get paid to find positive tests?

[conservativeimage]

how much are they paying for dead bodies$$$? write covid on their forehead, deliver corpse, money changes hands no questions asked.

[hsmomx3]

Yeah, Big Brother at its finest!

[conservativeimage]

they fell down a covid mineshaft onto some covid bullets. they died of covid. now give over the dough.

[timestax]

[timestax]

[just Grace]

So now they’re incentivizing it to the general public (not just the hospitals)?

Good Lord!

[napscoordinator]

Lol. Wouldn’t put it past then, but they did say they had to submit a positive to get the money. I can hear the printers doing overtime. Ha!

[Sarah Barracuda]

I think people get emailed their results..Just create a fake email “Dear Sir or Madam, you have kung flu” YIPPEE FREE MONEY

[CIB-173RDABN]

This sounds like they want to inflate the numbers some more.

[Yaelle]

Yay! Covid kissing parties! Let’s all go to alameda county!!