I wonder why we always jump to the China approach of forcing people to do things.
Why not use an incentive system instead? You’d need a lot of work to design a good system but for example pay $100 for a positive test and proof that you isolated that day. (For proof of isolation maybe a system texts you at random times and asks for a picture of something in your house. Eg. 10:13am you get a text asking for a picture of a pillow.)
Please don’t critique the plan, I’m only offering it as an example of an alternative to having the national guard show up on your doorstep.
You don't really need to pay. At the infectious disease place in Marseille they offered free tests, hundreds lined up to get tested and the the number of infections in community dropped dramatically.
I think the key fact here is that tests were offered and people lined up and volunteered to take them.
Strict constitutional scrutiny requires that the least disruptive action be taken to obtain the desired effect.
I think no would could possibly argue that widespread free testing would be a bad thing. It’s when it becomes mandatory that it becomes not only wrong, but unconstitutional.
Why not use an incentive system instead? You’d need a lot of work to design a good system but for example pay $100 for a positive test and proof that you isolated that day. (For proof of isolation maybe a system texts you at random times and asks for a picture of something in your house. Eg. 10:13am you get a text asking for a picture of a pillow.)
Please don’t critique the plan, I’m only offering it as an example of an alternative to having the national guard show up on your doorstep.