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Old Mar 5, 2020 | 11:17 am
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Originally Posted by iahphx
Obviously, stopping all Schengen would be even more effective, but the idea isn't to be 100% effective (you really can't be), but to get as much bang for your buck. Just threaten "liars" who don't honestly report their travel history with jail. And then put somebody in jail if you catch them. That's good enough, I think.
But how many days is, say, Germany away from having their numbers look like Italy’s today? Adding new EU countries on a daily basis will just create confusion; might as well do it in one fell swoop.

We should probably also sort out how we’ll actually deal with infected convicts first before sending more people with possible infections to jail. Iran supposedly is releasing 54k temporarily on bail. ( https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51723398 ). Germany is restricting access to prisoners in one strongly affected part of the country. No family visits, only lawyers with urgent needs, ...
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