Incentivise self-isolating
Self isolating in particular comes at great personal cost, to varying degrees, for all of us - and no personal benefit. I’d suggest incentivising self isolating with non means tested payments. I think it would also be prudent for the government to look at the issue of compliance with lockdown measures, because the issue seems to have been entirely ignored thus far.
Why the contribution is important
It was reported last week that while a majority of the public support lockdown measures, most also do not comply with them - specifically only 23% of people told to self isolate are doing so. This seems to me a gaping hole in policy. If people are not complying with existing restrictions, adding more restrictions is surely not the answer.
by bigpurpleduck on October 11, 2020 at 04:26PM
Posted by EffectiveIdeas October 11, 2020 at 17:16
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