Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic
by jampekka on Thursday April 29, 2021 @08:05PM
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I think this goes under culture and social support system. Perhaps worth a thought that giving more support for everybody can help everybody. This interaction is quite apparent in e.g. epidemics, but probably has similar effects for many phenomena.
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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic
by sokoloff on Thursday April 29, 2021 @08:50PM
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Of course it falls into the category of social support system, but what the specific design choices are matter in terms of driving behavior.
If I (salaried) take a sick day, I get paid the same amount from the same source; there’s next-to-no economic incentive for me to risk the health of others by working when sick: problem is solved.
We could more or less force the same by law for scheduled hourly workers. It’s a little more difficult for gig. It’s basically impossible (as I see it) to put self-employed people at the same outcome as if they worked without substantial risks of under-comping some and over-comping others.