Akenaton: Re. the compulsory testing and contact tracing? I don't know. It's not my field of expertise. If it did cut infection rates by half? I guess that depends on what other outcomes would result. There are a lot of things that would eradicate certain diseases (eg. the horrendous killing of birds to eradicate bird flu) that have such other horrendous consequences that I'd regard them as 'wrong'.

But one thing I see as 'right'....and probably effective, would be to put policies into effect that help to enhance the acceptance and self-acceptance of people, regardless of their sexual orientation. I believe that legalization of gay marriage, pride parades, therapy that helps a person accept their orientation (and, if they truly want to try changing it, to help them explore ways to do that which won't reinforce shaming and create frustration through encouraging unrealistic expectations.

So those decisions that I see as "right" i will campaign for. Those I'm not so sure of.....I'll just observe.

But many mudcatters are much more informed about the 'science' of how to cut infection rates than I am.