The German Federal Ministry of Health is considering a bill giving people having tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies a free pass on Corona-related social restrictions.
I’m not going to criticize that. It’s probably inevitable given that the restrictions are quite severe in their impact on fundamental rights and therefore hard to justify keeping up where they are unnecessary.
It does, however, raise the question of how to deal with the potential problem that this might incentivize people to get themselves infected in order to earn their freedom back. In my opinion, it would make a lot of sense to couple the introduction of a law that gives privileges to COVID-positive people with the establishment of Hero Hotels where people can choose to undergo controlled variolation.
Since people in Hero Hotels would then be under quarantine, the dangers for society would be limited. It would also greatly decrease their own risk. And it would help society reach herd immunity in lieu of a vaccine.