Originally Posted by
Covidian98
You have to realize that this random selection is sort of inherited some aspect from previous policies, when they wanted to test all incoming travelers, during the initial Omicron wave, to stop the spread of the disease. Back then, it made sense to quarantine travelers with positive results
At the time it would have made more sense to set up testing at random Walmarts or Costcos. They would have caught more positive cases. And it's not like domestic cases are less contagious than overseas travellers'. In fact, the latter might be more prone to avoiding social interaction.
It never made sense, nor does it now.