The people being sent home have mild symptoms, and the desired action from a public health perspective is that they feel supported and safe and *stay inside.* Having a ready supply of TV dinners, etc, means they don't have to pop out on day 4 to the supermarket to get food.
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A related thing that would be trivial to implement but has a much much higher institutional barrier: Arrange for everyone to get a check in call twice a day with a non-medical professional. Simple "Hey Tanaka-san, how are you doing? Feeling well? We're all rooting for you."
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One of the purposes of that call is moral support. Another purpose is that the non-medical professional should Big Red Button and get actual medical professionals involved if Tanaka-san is obviously in distress. It's that second part which makes it institutionally difficult.
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"Seems sort of risky to have non-medical professionals doing disease diagnosis. That's both illegal and runs the risk of false negatives, and then we're *responsible.* So instead we'll do nothing."
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In Mexico, amazingly, both the government and drug cartels are providing care packages.pic.twitter.com/7iWky4SwgC
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Agreed.. in the replies to this people say that it's being done in SK as wellhttps://twitter.com/StephanieKelton/status/1249465834029932545 …
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Where’s the Jagariko?
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