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Out of work? Running short of money? Are you a born busybody, snitch or bully? Good news! The new Stasi are open for business, and they’re hiring!
Containing the coronavirus as the economy gradually reopens has created an urgent need for hundreds of thousands of people trained to identify infected individuals and track down anyone and everyone they could have exposed to the virus.
Send in the Karens!
In the absence of a federal plan, some city and state health departments are already seeking to fill thousands of these positions. Experts estimate that between 100,000 and 300,000 contact tracers — who can earn up to $65,000 per year — will be needed nationwide based on state populations and projected COVID-19 infection rates.
“I do think that it’s a fantastic job for people who have been furloughed, and it’s something that people can be trained to do,” said Roger Shapiro, a professor of medicine at the Harvard School of Public Health. “It takes some training, but it’s not impossible to train almost anybody with reasonable social skills, who can work off a script, begin a conversation with people, convey a few key messages and collect data,” he said.
Maybe they’ll even supply you with a natty brown shirt, some shiny boots and a leather trenchcoat.
Contact tracers identify infected individuals based on test results, obtained by city and state health departments. Then they contact people — initially by phone, in most cases — who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Tracers will ask them to recall the names of everyone with whom they have recently come into contact. Finally, contact tracers will warn those people of their potential exposure, advise them to self-quarantine and provide them with access to resources they might need in order to follow protocol.
Because orders are orders and must be obeyed without question.
Jokes aside, contact tracing has been a vital tool for nations like Taiwan and South Korea in successfully dealing with the Xi Plague. But those nations relied on technological solutions – the apps that have got everyone in the West in such a tizz – rather than employing human busybodies. Those technologies were backed up by health workers and, more importantly, incentives. Rather than just threatening quarantine-breakers, the Taiwanese government supported them with payments and food and goodie packs, including vouchers for online gaming and movies.
Instead, Western governments, including the supposedly “kind” Ardern government, have encouraged Stasi-like snitching. Now, they’re going to make it official.
You only have to look at which politicians are signing up to enlist their Karen Armies: Andrew Cuomo, Gavin Newsom, Jay Inslee, Charlie Baker and Brian Kemp…Democrats and RINOs, all.
The government paying snitches and snoops to keep everyone in line – that’s sure to end well.
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