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Opinion: The ‘certified recovered’ from Covid-19 could lead the economic recovery

Re-opening a nightclub in New York would be dangerous today. But it wouldn't be crazy if all of the workers and patrons had previously had #Covid19 and recovered from it.
People carry shopping bags on Black Friday in New York City. Quickly creating a "certified recovered" system could speed economic recovery while slowing the coronavirus.

Re-opening a nightclub in New York seems crazy at this point, as that’s just the kind of setting in which Covid-19 can spread like wildfire. But it wouldn’t be crazy if all of the workers and patrons had previously had Covid-19 and recovered from it.

Someday soon there will be millions of people in the U.S. who have recovered from Covid-19. The best evidence suggests that they can’t get infected again soon and won’t infect others by .

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