[jedberg]

> If it's the owners of these buildings, who checks to ensure compliance?

Who checks to make sure every restaurant follows the standards of cleanliness? They have inspectors who (theoretically) show up randomly, so it ensures most places comply voluntarily, because the cost of getting caught is very high.

A combination of random inspections and steep fines would solve the compliance problem.

Edit: I just had another idea. Offer cash rewards to people who can prove they they weren't tested when entering a public place (which the business pays for via fines). You'd have people running around trying to find missed testing for the cash reward.

[philwelch]

To your point, many businesses and facilities implement safety measures because they fear civil liability for preventable damages. I don’t think that’s likely in this case but if you can get most businesses and facilities to be mostly compliant most of the time, that might be enough.

[Marsymars]

There are many unlawful activities that could be solved with cash rewards for people reporting said activities.

[perl4ever]

There are many that are. Don't people get rewards for reporting malfeasance to the SEC, or ADA violations? I'm sure I've read about that, as well as about how some people think it's a questionable system. But privatization of enforcement of some regulations is a thing.

[sfkdjf9j3j]

For this to work I think you would need a much stricter compliance than what is enforced in restaurant cleanliness.

[SpicyLemonZest]

It doesn't have to be good enough to catch all cases immediately, just good enough that isolated outbreaks can't sustain themselves.