[Gaffer]

I guess the crux of her ‘misunderstanding’ is in her being threatened with a $5000 fine and then being told by the ACDC that she was likely interned there, despite three negative Covid tests, was because she lied and then admitted to it before being Covid-taxied off to camp? That kind of misunderstanding?

[Hieronymus]

My own guess is that a part of what you are guessing is the misunderstanding—which may further involve a misrepresentation by an official in an attempt to gain a desired response.

By asking Naturalman nicely one can learn things. Which is why I pinged him to this thread—not to have him showered with abuse.

[naturalman1975]

Yes. That type of misunderstanding.

If she was a close contact, and it seems she was, then 14 days quarantine is standard. She seems to think that she was subjected to some additional penalty for lying. If that was true, she would have been locked up for more than 14 days.

That’s one apparent misunderstanding on her part.

She might have been allowed to quarantine at home if she hadn’t lied - I don’t know enough about her circumstances to know if that was considered an option. It would depend on her living conditions and whether others lived with her.

[naturalman1975]

Oh - and sorry, I missed the other misunderstanding on her part.

There is no ACDC - well, except for this one:

Australia doesn't have a CDC. The fact we don't is often being presented in the media here has a failure of the government to be prepared for COVID. The closest thing we have to anything with that name is ACDP - Australian Centre for Disease Prevention - and there is absolutely no reason she would have had any contact with them. They are, entirely a research organisation, with no jurisdictional authority anywhere.

I'm not saying she wasn't told what she says she was told. But I'm not sure who it was who told her this, because she doesn't give enough information to identify it.