Cuomo considering a mandatory 14-day quarantine for inbound travelers from high infection states

[Dennis Donovan]

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CNN ✔@CNN

“The tables have turned”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is considering a mandatory 14-day quarantine for people coming to New York from states with high infection rates, saying, “It is doable.” #CNNTownHall

https://cnn.it/2YNhunH

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9:04 PM - Jun 18, 2020

[iemitsu]

1. I assume this means travel within the US

and between states. Crazy and sad. I don't blame him.
No other "state" country has worse numbers than we, so who would want to come here?

[Lars39]

2. How does that work?

When you take a taxi etc from airport? And then check into a hotel for two weeks, exposing the staff?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Good luck with that, unless "quarantine" is literal, such as taken into custody.

I know a 85 yo man who was caught in Florida since March and returned to NJ Memorial Day week-end. He too was told to quarantine for 14 days.

He didn't. He got a check-up at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and got a clean bill of health, so in his mind, no virus.

But he didn't think about contracting the virus ON THE PLANE back to Newark. And so, he moved back with his wife. I told her to live somewhere else if this guy wasn't going to quarantine. But she didn't. And he refused to stay in their home. They ran errands and visited people.

I don't know if they're all right. But my point is that it was explained to him to quarantine and he did just the opposite.

So, good intentions aside, I'd like to know how Andrew Cuomo intends to compel people to quarantine from infectious states. I wish he could, but I don't think he can.

[FloridaBlues]

4. Don't blame him. It wasn't easy for NY to get where they are now

[Sanity Claws]

5. Other states are doing this

Maine and Hawaii has mandatory quarantine rules. It would be hard to enforce if the person was driving to a private residence. Hawaii has had some high-profile enforcement of quarantine rule for persons staying in hotels.