"...fool me twice, shame on me"

This time, I will take it with a grain of salt and won't rush to find a quarantine hotel. In hindsight, the probability that this measure is dropped before being implemented seems higher than the risk of having the last hypothetical QT rooms snatched away. And this comes from someone who's counting days until he can go back to HK.

If someone bites the bullet and goes tickets/hotel hunting, please feel free to share your experience here!
From the FB support group, it seems airlines suspensions are still crazy these days. Not sure how much the new threshold can help.