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Would it be safer for people who has recovered to volunteer?
Don't quote me on this and I don't have a peer-reviewed paper as source, but as far as I know, people can get reinfected after being infected once.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/20/8190384...
https://www.genengnews.com/news/covid-19-reinfection-not-a-c...
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Anyone disputing this comment has covid, pass it on.
What source do you have that confirms this? Everything I've read says it is not yet determined if this is the case.
How does one find out if they are an at risk group? Edit> I’m asking. See if I can volunteer to help
They have almost all received a text message by now. (A few are being reached by other means.) I know a couple of people that have received them, they’re pretty serious.
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate just to hire people and set them to work in the NHS? It’s way past time the government stopped messing around and just hired all the spare labour - which can then be directed to assist the NHS or directed to stay at home as required. When there are so many people without work that want it we need to stop QE’ing Gilts and start QE’ing workers hours instead. All this could be done with a…
Taiwan, which has one of the best medical systems in the world, is heavily reliant on civil society -- which is many things, but one of which is heavy participation by unpaid volunteers. Social capital is a real thing and a valuable thing.
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During my brief visit to the Midlands many years ago, the U.K. seems to have a community cohesion that we don’t have much in the US (many rescue services are non profit and operate exclusively with volunteers for example). They will benefit from it through efforts such as this.
> the U.K. seems to have a community cohesion that we don’t have much in the US (many rescue services are non profit and operate exclusively with volunteers for example) Counter-example: I thought the majority of fire and rescue people in the US were volunteers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_fire_department#Unit...
Will citizens heed the call? To be determined.
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate just to hire people and set them to work in the NHS? It’s way past time the government stopped messing around and just hired all the spare labour - which can then be directed to assist the NHS or directed to stay at home as required. When there are so many people without work that want it we need to stop QE’ing Gilts and start QE’ing workers hours instead. All this could be done with a…
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate just to hire people and set them to work in the NHS? It’s way past time the government stopped messing around and just hired all the spare labour - which can then be directed to assist the NHS or directed to stay at home as required. When there are so many people without work that want it we need to stop QE’ing Gilts and start QE’ing workers hours instead. All this could be done with a…
There isn’t actually much to spend it on right now, other than rent, groceries, and online entertainment. Everything else is closed and my bank balance is actually looking much more healthy than it normally would this far into the month!
The headfake could be that this leads to an improvement to the health and well-being of the 250k volunteers some of whom might otherwise suffer from feelings of loneliness and helplessness
Would it be safer for people who has recovered to volunteer?
I’m fairly sure I had it, but can’t be 100% certain until the test for antibodies is available.