This seems like a heavy application of The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-eth...
1) Actually helped solve a problem we face with COVID without doing more harm than good, and
2) Did so in a way that didn’t trample civil liberties with invasive daily tests before allowing someone to leave their house.
Why not use an incentive system instead? You’d need a lot of work to design a good system but for example pay $100 for a positive test and proof that you isolated that day. (For proof of isolation maybe a system texts you at random times and asks for a picture of something in your house. Eg. 10:13am you get a text asking for a picture of a pillow.)
Please don’t critique the plan, I’m only offering it as an example of an alternative to having the national guard show up on your doorstep.
Strict constitutional scrutiny requires that the least disruptive action be taken to obtain the desired effect.
I think no would could possibly argue that widespread free testing would be a bad thing. It’s when it becomes mandatory that it becomes not only wrong, but unconstitutional.