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Old Jan 22, 2021 | 4:22 pm
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Originally Posted by ahmetdouas
They can make hotel quarantines possible by saying things like test positive on arrival you go to hotel quarantine.
Banning foreigners is the easiest option (no infastructure needed) , but also an economic disaster.
Also if you close borders, for how long for? Coronavirus isn't going anywhere, neither is 'mutant strains'.

I will never forget watching Prof Johan Gieske of Sweden when he laughed at the Australian border controls. He literally said, sure you limit transmission and protect your population. Then what? Stay closed for 30 years?

The media seem completely lost about it, and the government is not saying anything. Clearly they can't figure it out or realise what a mess it all is.
Well that's the thing - if implemented, how long for? My guess is it would be a minimum of 6 months. But once again, it is a mess and we have no idea what next. It seems like people's freedom of movement for the years ahead is going to be very limited unfortunately.

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