Out of Quarantine

This sounds like an Alistair Maclean novel. For those that remember or know of the Scottish author who wrote some nail biting, suspenseful thrillers in the mid 1900s.

Or maybe even a Robin Cook mystery.

But of course it is nothing that exciting.

I am referring to this scientific approach that was wisely designed but poorly deployed by world governments. It involves locking up people for 14 days when they moved from one place to another during Covid pandemic.

I know of many instances where this practice was brought to bear. It is a result of how unprepared the world was to test for Covid and provide the outcome in under 24 hours. They are collectively not there. Not by a long shot.

I think this is one of those situations where nature has kicked the arrogant Sapiens in its teeth once again and showed who is boss. The cumulative hubris of nations was on display during the past 9 months and it has simply proven that while we invented sliced bread, put men on the moon and cured polio we are still infants in the giant vacuum of space.

So this quarantine affected a few members of our family. One went to college and had to be sequestered to the dorm room for 14 days. Only chance to step out was the toilet and grab food from a tent.

The other instance was an aged relative who returned to India and had to be locked up before being allowed to wander their own neighborhood or buy groceries.

All this for individuals who exhibited no symptoms and no interaction prior with non family members for months. Why? There was no way to test and gain knowledge of what was going on within a short timeframe.

Can you imagine this in 2020 America? You should and you would be right.

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