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You think people would voluntarily isolate from each other without any rules in place?

by bener 5y ago

jollybean 5y ago
I don't think everyone would follow the rules, but I don't see that as a limitation to allowing people in. Frankly, being allowed back in your country is probably along the lines of 'human right' and there probably is not any condition in which the government could not allow it. There's plenty of ways to allow for isolation. NZ Climate is actually temperate, they could even have individual military tents with cots and plastic outhouses, while not exactly luxury, it could accommodate almost anyone, and most people esp. those under 35 wouldn't have a problem. They could even do a rapid build of low quality structures i.e. mini-huts, pre-fab style, put them in locations outside the city. Though a bit authoritarian, even ankle bracelets could be used in some case maybe for home quarantine. Commandeering motels and hotels and putting the Health Authorities right on premise. In Taiwan, when you arrive they don't want you on the public transit so they rent you a car. They arrive to your home 10 minutes after you do with masks and explain the deal. They check up on you every day sometimes in person, sometimes by phone. I suggest that most people will 'get the idea' when a government rep. is directly communicating to them, checking up, answering questions, letting them know the 'real boundaries' aka 'you can't go out for coffee', 'you can't have your family over etc.' There shouldn't be much of a wait for that kind of thing.
- dwohnitmok 5y ago
  > they could even have individual military tents with cots and plastic outhouses, while not exactly luxury, it could accommodate almost anyone, and most people esp. those under 35 wouldn't have a problem. > They could even do a rapid build of low quality structures i.e. mini-huts, pre-fab style, put them in locations outside the city. > Though a bit authoritarian, even ankle bracelets could be used in some case maybe for home quarantine. Though this might be in theory better (after all being allowed in at all is better than be stranded outside), this seems far worse of a PR nightmare. The headlines and accompanying pictures would be atrocious.
  - jollybean 5y ago
    Yes it would. And it's at least partly why they don't do it, which is sad, because our population is past the point wherein we will accept a bit of adversity as something acceptable.

You think people would voluntarily isolate from each other without any rules in place?

by bener 5y ago

You think people would voluntarily isolate from each other without any rules in place?

I don't think everyone would follow the rules, but I don't see that as a limitation to allowing people in. Frankly, being allowed back in your country is probably along the lines of 'human right' and there probably is not any condition in which the government could not allow it. There's plenty of ways to allow for isolation. NZ Climate is actually temperate, they could even have individual military tents with cots and plastic outhouses, while not exactly luxury, it could accommodate almost anyone, and most people esp. those under 35 wouldn't have a problem. They could even do a rapid build of low quality structures i.e. mini-huts, pre-fab style, put them in locations outside the city. Though a bit authoritarian, even ankle bracelets could be used in some case maybe for home quarantine. Commandeering motels and hotels and putting the Health Authorities right on premise. In Taiwan, when you arrive they don't want you on the public transit so they rent you a car. They arrive to your home 10 minutes after you do with masks and explain the deal. They check up on you every day sometimes in person, sometimes by phone. I suggest that most people will 'get the idea' when a government rep. is directly communicating to them, checking up, answering questions, letting them know the 'real boundaries' aka 'you can't go out for coffee', 'you can't have your family over etc.' There shouldn't be much of a wait for that kind of thing.

dwohnitmok 5y ago
> they could even have individual military tents with cots and plastic outhouses, while not exactly luxury, it could accommodate almost anyone, and most people esp. those under 35 wouldn't have a problem. > They could even do a rapid build of low quality structures i.e. mini-huts, pre-fab style, put them in locations outside the city. > Though a bit authoritarian, even ankle bracelets could be used in some case maybe for home quarantine. Though this might be in theory better (after all being allowed in at all is better than be stranded outside), this seems far worse of a PR nightmare. The headlines and accompanying pictures would be atrocious.
- jollybean 5y ago
  Yes it would. And it's at least partly why they don't do it, which is sad, because our population is past the point wherein we will accept a bit of adversity as something acceptable.