Immunity
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The initial American rationale (that foreign consuls in the US enjoy a lower level of
immunity
than other diplomats) led India’s government to re-examine privileges enjoyed by US consular officials that are unavailable to their Indian counterparts in the US.
For once, however, the zealous Bharara seems to have slipped up, because Khobragade was arrested at a time when she enjoyed full diplomatic (not just consular)
immunity
as an adviser to India’s United Nations mission during the General Assembly.
The government would be able to search information…for the purposes of investigating American citizens with complete
immunity
from all privacy protections as long as [it] can claim someone committed a ‘cybersecurity crime.’”
The nine precepts – namely, a sovereign’s right to initiate a debt restructuring, sovereign immunity, equitable treatment of creditors, (super) majority restructuring, transparency, impartiality, legitimacy, sustainability, and good faith in negotiations – form the rudiments of an effective international rule of law.
And it has become almost the norm to violate the principles of sovereign
immunity
and equitable treatment of creditors, evidenced so clearly in the New York court’s decision on Argentine debt.
Yet the most important principle to which the international community has given its assent is respect for sovereign immunity: There are limits beyond which markets – and governments – cannot go.
Incumbent governments may be tempted to exchange sovereign
immunity
for better financing conditions in the short run, at the expense of larger costs that will be paid by their successors.
No government should have the right to give up sovereign immunity, just as no person can sell himself into slavery.
And if the US (still the world’s largest economy) starts to sneeze again, the rest of the world – its
immunity
already weakened by Europe’s malaise and emerging countries’ slowdown – will catch pneumonia.
In February, after the Democratic Republic of Congo challenged an arrest warrant against its foreign minister, the International Court of Justice said Belgium had gone too far by not respecting the
immunity
of sitting office holders.
At this moment, the President's men are seeking to strip me of my parliamentary
immunity.
And, unlike military personnel, CIA agents enjoy extensive immunity, undermining international legal standards.
Nobody is claiming that sovereignty confers immunity; the shift in the normative consensus is more or less complete.
This phenomenon is called “herd immunity,” and it has been vital to vaccines’ effectiveness.
This early action is the second factor delivering some
immunity
from today’s crisis.
As we age, our bodies undergo complex changes that, among other things, progressively weaken our ability to respond to infections and develop
immunity
(this is called immunosenescence).
Childhood vaccinations are one of the greatest medical success stories of the twentieth century, not least because of so-called herd
immunity
(the indirect protection of entire communities, including those who cannot be immunized for reasons like illness or age, by vaccinating most of their members).
The Saudi monarchy’s
immunity
from US pressure for democratic reform owes much to fear of the “Shia crescent” looming over the Gulf, with Iran at its center.
The risk of returning to work and school will not fall to zero until an effective vaccine has become widely available, or until the population has achieved “herd immunity.”
There is also a clear need for substantially more testing, both for the virus itself, to prevent further community transmission, and for antibodies to determine may already be immune, as well as herd
immunity
levels.
The assumption is that US election uncertainties will be resolved quickly; fiscal and structural reform efforts will be restarted, making up for lost time; and progress toward new COVID-19 treatments, vaccines, or herd
immunity
will continue to accelerate.
Today, national COVID-19 strategies can be broadly separated into three categories: eradication, herd immunity, and suppression of the coronavirus until a vaccine or cure is discovered.
By contrast, some countries will end up – for various reasons – with what epidemiologists call “herd immunity.”
In these places, enough people will become infected and survive – and, it is hoped, acquire some degree of
immunity
– that the disease will no longer be able to spread like wildfire.
Sweden’s technocrats appear to have chosen to pursue herd
immunity
for their country.
Japan’s official communications have been less clear, but the limited lockdown – and the failure of contact tracing in some contexts – suggests that herd
immunity
will occur.
If the basic reproduction rate (the now ubiquitous R0, which measures infectiousness) is 2.5, then 60% of the population in these countries likely need to get the disease before herd
immunity
is established.
If R0 is higher, more people need to become infected and survive for herd
immunity
to occur.
By contrast, countries seeking to establish herd
immunity
won’t fear foreign visitors.
But if they invite themselves to other countries, that won’t please the eradicators and suppressors, who will fear “herd immunity” people.
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