Extremely sotto voce, 'Criminalisation of those who start community transmissions for outbreaks isn't a sound health policy, and the name of patient zero is only relevant to health workers and contact tracers, and is none of our business.'
I know we are annoyed at rich people who may have recklessly flouted quarantine, but no one's name, or identifying details, beyond places they have visited should be public knowledge.
One of the best sociologists I know has broken this down in an excellent thread you can find here, https://twitter.com/OtherSociology/status/1340546445716287490?s=19
And in this https://othersociologist.com/2020/07/05/pandemic-race-and-moral-panic/
"On the other hand, these disadvantaged groups are simultaneously characterised as “folk devils” who are responsible for spreading the infection. Either way, the moral panic is used to justify increased policing of disadvantaged groups."
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