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If I test positive, do I need to go straight to hospital as a precaution? I’d like something constructive to happen to happen to me (and by Golden Rule extension, anyone else who shows up as a carrier) while everyone else is running away in fear and revulsion.

What happens when I reach the front of the line at Disneyworld, enter the testing booth, and the big red light flashes? Will Disney Corporation have a record of my identity at this point as well?

It’s all very challenging. There are chilling warnings from history of both the havoc caused by mass viral illness, and also of discrimination and ostracizing based on fear.

Ideally I’d want the test to be anonymous, private, and administered by me. Like taking my temperature or feeling for swollen neck glands. Hopefully we’ll get to that point in my lifetime.




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