While a wait time of 19 days is much too long, the connection drawn by the article to the CDC recommended 2-week quarantine ("That’s five days longer than the q

While a wait time of 19 days is much too long, the connection drawn by the article to the CDC recommended 2-week quarantine ("That’s five days longer than the quarantine period of two weeks recommended by the CDC") is spurious. That's the time in which the virus is expected to present, not the point at which it's okay to leave your home regardless. From the CDC article which they link right there, "[q]uarantine helps prevent spread of disease that can occur before a person knows they are sick or if they are infected with the virus without feeling symptoms."