[Lake]

>>If you're symptom free for 10 days, you can be safely assumed not to have the disease.

It's not for sure yet.

>>If the government is really concerned and has some doubt, they could ask these staff members to stay at home a couple more days.

But they may pass the virus to their family members at home.

>>To force them into public quarantine is irrational.

It may not be as humane as some expect, but it is rational. I understand that doesn't seem to be fair to those people, but that's the safest way to protect the whole community.

[zook]

No, hold on. In many many instances, health officials have already sent people who *may* have been exposed home to their families for voluntary quarantine. In fact, they have already sent people with fevers home, even when there are others at home.

In this case, however, they've imposed a much more draconian rule, one that I believe--and I think most medical experts would believe--is unnecessary.

And regarding the 10 day thing, every report I've read says that symptoms will show up somewhere between 2 and 10 days.

If we adopt the kind of measures taken by the Taiwan government, pretty soon we'll simply be quarantining everyone--except for political leaders, I suspect.