If this were true, the tests would be conducted anonymously. Or if not anonymous they could at least defer to provincial isolation restrictions rather than enforce a 10-day isolation from the date of the test.
If this were true they would only allow swabs that could be collected for detailed analysis. The quasi-self tests you do at home with a nurse on video link can’t detect and report on which variant you have.
If this were true they wouldn’t allow an exemption because you had a positive case 6 months ago, which doesn’t rule out you getting it again, and certainly doesn’t rule out you getting a new variant, which this broken system is apparently designed to monitor.
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bambinomartino
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.
Agreed. I didn't say the way they implemented it made any sense. Another example here, is the exemption for recently receovered person. The exemption itself is reasonable, since we know a recovered person can test positive on a PCR test for several weeks or months, but they never provided a procedure for travelers to provide the proof of recovery, so many recovered persons had to be tested and got a (false) positive result.