Well, now that the CDC has told everyone 21 days, they have to let them out of quarantine because they will look really bad once again, with all mixed messages they have been putting out. They will save face instead of quarantining them longer.
That judge will do his part to try to keep these relatives and the girlfriend out of the news cycle-after all, he got in a vehicle with them, spirited them away from the public eye, etc. He certainly doesn’t want the people of Dallas and the rest of the state bringing out the tar and feathers if one of them becomes ill...