Timeline for What's the longest covid-19 quarantine?
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| Dec 30, 2021 at 23:07 | vote | accept | Franck Dernoncourt | ||
| Dec 29, 2021 at 9:11 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | @Franck I actually think the Chinese are doing it right, assuming Covid Zero is worth it to them. COVID quarantines are extremely binary: either you make them insanely hardcore or you shouldn’t bother at all. All lesser Covid restrictions are just security theater. | |
| Dec 28, 2021 at 8:25 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @JonathanReez Sounds like it already has some serious impact: amp.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3160935/… I wonder the scientific rationale behind such long quarantines. I don't see any point beyond 21 days, and 14 days is typically more than enough nortonhealthcare.com/news/… | |
| Dec 28, 2021 at 8:03 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | Excellent answer! Did China already say if they're planning to keep this going for decades to come? Seems like it would eventually become a major problem for the world's biggest export economy. | |
| Dec 27, 2021 at 16:24 | comment | added | xuq01 | Might be important to point out that, due to how things work in China, 28 days of "health monitoring" basically becomes "quarantine at home" (or even at a facility) in practice. | |
| Dec 27, 2021 at 12:48 | history | answered | xngtng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |