Posted on 08/10/2020 2:40:13 PM PDT by 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.
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“Alameda County, California Will PAY Those Who Test Positive for Coronavirus $1,250”
basic law of economics: when you pay more for something, you get more of it ...
Well, what do the testing centers get paid to find positive tests?
Great question!
Great idea! Sign me up. Lol.
“What could possibly go wrong?”
+1
seems like Cali can’t afoard the $100 25% rule in the EO, but $1250 is okay.
And one can test negative yet become infected the next day, thus further skewing the stats.
Freudian...typo?
Hahahaha - I like the typo version better than what I had intended to say. Good catch!
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