it’s an interesting dilemma
These folks are Princess cruisers. So they had 14 days or more on the Princess, another 15 now days at Lackland. That’s a month.
Most people hyperalerted to the disease such as the cruisers are, are self- concerned enough to tough out a 30 day quarantine. But if you’re going to add another 7 or 14 days to that, now we’re talking serious disruption to their lives. Who’s watching their homes, or their pets, or children, their mailbox? Who’s mowing the lawn, picking up the sunday paper off the driveway and watering the shrubs? Do they have a job to go back to? How much as this drained their savings? Who’s going to compensate them for another 7 to 14 days of not being able to earn?
What about the psychological aspects of living bare-bones for a month or longer without many comfort items? Or human touch? Of not being trusted to continue a month-long quarantine in their own homes? Of being treated as a walking virus instead of human beings that are our fellow citizens?
Two negatives more than 24-hours apart was the standard for ‘clear’ until it suddenly wasn’t. The first rotation of quarantines from Wuhan were released after 14 days and 2 clears and they have no relapses to date. But now it’s 3 negatives. Are two negatives and one positive indicative of identifying a super-spreader? What if it becomes 4 or 6 weeks? How do we handle long-term quarantines? How do the quarantined handle that emotionally speaking?
The only safe quarantine time line for SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 is 28 days for exposure and another 14 days after two negative tests after “pronounced cure date.”
Any other quarantine time line will put the R(O) well over 1.0.
And since a number of people on the Diamond Princess return flight back popped COVID-19 infections. The date of flight was the last exposure, _Not_ any data on the ship.