Can someone please explain to me why the quarantine after travel rules are so incredibly strict compared to the first national lockdown, or local lockdowns? To not be allowed out of the house for 14 days, not even for exercise/a dog walk,seems extreme. Surely more people would comply if exercise was allowed.
It's the same with track and trace too.
The person who gets the notification has 14 days on being in the house, but the rest of the household (if hadn't been in the same location for the T&T) are free to carry in as normal.
I have a friend only recently contacted about it so they're currently isolating, as per orders. They've been tested which is negative.
Risk was minimal too. They stayed is a hostel for 2 nights. A man who stayed the day they arrived tested positive, but didn't tell the hostel until 2 days later, which is when t&t was sent out.
Friend didn't see anyone else around - it was exceptional quiet, didn't share a room, room was en-suite so no communal bathrooms, bar/communal area was closed, and besides they were only in the hostel to check in and then to sleep as they were out from early til late on a long walk.
The only potential risk was from the hostel front door handle or the reception desk surfaces.
But despite this he now has to stay home for a fortnight, not even allowed out for a run. He will do this but the risk must be much less than when he goes to the supermarket normally where no t&t exists.
Yet next week I go back to school and even if a child in my classroom tests positive we don't isolate. We have to wait for at least 2 positives before that happens.
None of it really makes sense, nor is it logical.