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Here in Israel, ministry of health wanted a full lockdown. But business won, so only a partial lockdown is enforced, and they are shutting down only clubs and r

Here in Israel, ministry of health wanted a full lockdown. But business won, so only a partial lockdown is enforced, and they are shutting down only clubs and restaurants. People will still be able to visit parks, roam freely, etc. Today there was an article [1] that some idiot that was in quarantine left it and was arrested on the street. There is no discipline. A hard lockdown is likely the best option everywhere. It works, as evident in countries that have enforced it. 1: https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5694758,00.html https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5694758,00.html

davidw 7y ago
That lasted for a few days in Italy and then they shut it all down anyway. But more people got infected in the meantime!
- LeoNatan25 7y ago
  Exactly, they should have gone all-in and shut it down.
zozbot234 7y ago
> Today there was an article [1] that some idiot that was in quarantine left it and was arrested on the street. There is no discipline. Hopefully he/she was nabbed quickly, without spreading the disease to anyone else. Is Isreal using electronic tagging on those quarantined folks to ensure that they can't just leave their assigned place without anyone knowing about it?
- LeoNatan25 7y ago
  They are starting to talk about it, but there are big privacy concerns of tracking citizens by intelligence agencies. Not sure what the status of this is, but will probably pass parliament because everyone is very scared. They can abolish it later, but we all know they probably won't. It is unclear of the idiot that evaded quarantine is sick or only precautionary, but that's just the people we have—morons. Very different from Hong Kong and Singapore.
  - zozbot234 7y ago
    > but there are big privacy concerns of tracking citizens by intelligence agencies. Huh? An ankle bracelet ("tag") is quite transparent, it's not covert "intelligence". The deal is, you get to wear it for a couple weeks while you recover from your potential illness, and you know you're being monitored so you're not going to just leave your assigned place and hang out anywhere else.
    - LeoNatan25 7y ago
      What they were speaking about here is using people’s phones.

davidw 7y ago

That lasted for a few days in Italy and then they shut it all down anyway. But more people got infected in the meantime!

LeoNatan25 7y ago
Exactly, they should have gone all-in and shut it down.

zozbot234 7y ago

> Today there was an article [1] that some idiot that was in quarantine left it and was arrested on the street. There is no discipline. Hopefully he/she was nabbed quickly, without spreading the disease to anyone else. Is Isreal using electronic tagging on those quarantined folks to ensure that they can't just leave their assigned place without anyone knowing about it?

LeoNatan25 7y ago
They are starting to talk about it, but there are big privacy concerns of tracking citizens by intelligence agencies. Not sure what the status of this is, but will probably pass parliament because everyone is very scared. They can abolish it later, but we all know they probably won't. It is unclear of the idiot that evaded quarantine is sick or only precautionary, but that's just the people we have—morons. Very different from Hong Kong and Singapore.
- zozbot234 7y ago
  > but there are big privacy concerns of tracking citizens by intelligence agencies. Huh? An ankle bracelet ("tag") is quite transparent, it's not covert "intelligence". The deal is, you get to wear it for a couple weeks while you recover from your potential illness, and you know you're being monitored so you're not going to just leave your assigned place and hang out anywhere else.
  - LeoNatan25 7y ago
    What they were speaking about here is using people’s phones.