Another scientist from Imperial College London is suggesting that children must be vaccinated for COVID-19 in order to protect the elderly. No problem that children are absolutely the lowest subgroup of society affected by COVID. No matter that COVID mutates faster than a herd of cats scatters.
Data to a Technocrat is like heroin to an drug addict. They lust for it, beg for it, connive for it and manufacture it when there isn't enough. Data is the life blood of Technocracy that provides for growth. Without data, there are no Technocrats or Technocracy.
Transhumanism is a metaphysical belief system that immortality can be achieved by applying advanced science to the human condition. It is based on Scientism, as is Technocracy. The Technocracy Utopia would ostensibly be populated by Transhumans.
If robots are being implemented elsewhere in the world to help police with enforcement of social distancing and face mask compliance, you can bet your bottom dollar that America will soon follow suit. Technocrats have an engineered answer for every conceivable problem.
Like a skilled magician who gets you to look at his right hand while the left hand is performing the "trick", New York state is rolling out 500,000 smart streetlights that hook up to the Internet of Things (IoT).
The obvious political agenda behind greatly elevated infection rates is wearing thin on the American public, and a growing resistance to things like mandated face mask orders is putting political pressure on politicians, but not Technocrats.