We are living in a new world. And this week, New York-based influencer Arielle Charnas was accused of being out of step with it.
It started on March 16, when the fashion blogger announced to her 1.3 million followers that she was getting tested for coronavirus due to some mild symptoms she was suffering.
Arielle explained to her followers that her doctor friend, Dr. Jake Detsch, was able to test her for the illness.
Some expressed concern that Arielle had access to a test, when there is a profound shortage of tests available in New York – the epicentre of COVID-19 in America.
Popular critic Diet Prada said Arielle’s documentation of her getting tested was representative of “what privilege looks like in the age of coronavirus”.
“The issue is still about the flaunting of privilege on social media during a time when so many people who are more at risk are being denied treatment,” the Instagram with nearly two million followers wrote. “Unless your condition becomes life threatening, you’re still advised to self-quarantine and nurse any symptoms regardless of whether you’re believed to carry the virus.”
Arielle responded by saying: “This is the last time I’m going to talk about feeling sick right now on my Instagram and move on to the things that make me happy, like my kids, family life, fashion and work. If it offends anyone or seems as though I’m being insensitive during this time, I’m sorry but it’s what I’ve chosen to do. Back to regular content/programming. Can’t wait to post my partnerships and my outfits from inside my apt every day.”
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Stay home! It really is not that hard to understand!
There is the interesting question of what happens after people gave contracted and recovered from COVID-19 - does that mean they can't catch it again? What about the different strains that have emerged? Can they transmit the disease to a third party as a sort of "bridge" between someone who's currently got it and someone who doesn't? I do wonder if the people who have recovered from it are the ones we should be asking to help out in hospitals and so on.
As with basically every virus, people who have recovered are immune, and can’t transmit the disease. So yes, if we could identify the people who have developed immunity they could return to work (I doubt you’d want a bunch of inexperienced people attempting to help in hospitals though, that sounds like a liability). But we don’t have tests yet to be able to do that.
Doctors are not 100% certain the virus cannot be contracted for a second time. However, once they have recovered from the first bout, doctors can check for antibodies in their blood to determine if they have developed some form of immunity and can return to work.