[Lake]

>>If someone's been out of the country for 10 days on vacation, why in the world would you force them to report for "quarantine"?

Because they may carry SARS virus due to their previous exposure to the SARS environment.

[zook]

No. If you're symptom free for 10 days, you can be safely assumed not to have the disease. If the government is really concerned and has some doubt, they could ask these staff members to stay at home a couple more days.

To force them into public quarantine is irrational.