did we ever set up programs to help people isolate from their roommates when they test positive for COVID? or did we just never bother with that?
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People should have been able to go somewhere to isolate from their family, too. I think it's an interesting question whether it should have been mandatory (without a good care-related excuse), but it certainly should have been an option.
L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social @davidbaron
11 Mar 2020
"Of the three types of intervention we looked at, the early detection and isolation of cases likely had the strongest impact" theguardian.com/world/2020/m…
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Talking with parents with kids in "home isolation" when there's been a case in their classroom, the trade-offs is so hard. Supposed to confine even young kids to their bedroom with only brief masked contact for two weeks, even when the risk they're infected is low.
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Yeah, agreed that it doesn't make sense for young kids. (Were those "home isolation" instructions were from someplace outside the US, or at least outside California? I haven't heard about things being taken that seriously around here.)

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Replying to @davidbaron @RickByers @aceckhouse
Also, for what it's worth, my main concern upthread was people who had actually tested positive or were sick, not those (lower rik) with some possibility of exposure. That is, giving people who are actually positive a place to go where they won't infect their family or roommates.
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Replying to @davidbaron @aceckhouse
Yeah that's the instructions in Ontario. Not sure it's any better if they're impractical - hurts credibility.