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Why should visiting after 14days of quarantine be an issue?

• chrisseaton 6y ago
  Is the quarantine when you get there? Doesn’t that put at risk: - everyone working at the airport and on the flight - everyone else on the flight over - people in the hospital if you get sick while quarantining And that’s even if people are obeying the quarantine. Which they often don’t. All that for a social visit? Why?
  • chinathrow 6y ago
    You're right about your points. Yes, there is current quarantine for arrivals in Australia when you get there. Masking removes some of that risk. This could be solveable with a negative test and few days of quarantine pre-travel. Some countries are indeed looking at that. > All that for a social visit? Why? How long would you want to _not_ visit your immediate family members? What's your personal threshold?
    • chrisseaton 6y ago
      > How long would you want to _not_ visit your immediate family members? What's your personal threshold? People sometimes manage not seeing their actual immediate families like children and spouses for a year (for example military). It’s only been six months so far. Can people genuinely not go without seeing their siblings in-law for everyone’s sake?
      • chinathrow 6y ago
        I was curious to learn another data point here, I asked you directly about your personal threshold - the reference to military is valid for nations with active long term deployments (not valid for my own comparison).