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by nmfisher 2169 days ago
> Will you force them with a gun? To forgo all friends, family, comforts of home, and be literally trapped at work for months?

Seems far more reasonable than locking down entire countries for months, asking people to forego friends and family (without even mentioning the consequent unemployment).

You wouldn't need to force anyone with a gun. A five-fold increase in wages - untaxed - would be more than enough incentive. The cost would be a drop in the ocean compared to the damage wrought by the measures adopted so far.