China is doing 14-day quarantines for all arrivals -- and this is actual guarded quarantine, not pinky-promise self-quarantine.
There's also a lot of monitoring and risk mitigation in place, so they should be able to catch inevitable slipups (eg medical staff treating remaining patients) pretty early.
So are we just supposed to accept this as the permanent state of affairs until a vaccine is developed? At worst, complete lockdown... and at best, quarantine any time you cross an international border?
I mean, I don’t know. But I hope people maintain awareness of civil liberties throughout this ordeal. I’m not saying there’s anything nefarious afoot, but as citizens we should remain vigilant.
Sorry, I misread what you wrote about civil liberties being violated. I agree that they would be violated if more countries adopted the location tracking apps, but I think that we're already past the point of no return regarding the violation of civil liberties when police departments are using stingrays, people can be harassed when entering the country when they want to check their devices, and we have broad laws such as the CFAA.
Vietnam is also doing a mandatory 14-day quarantine at designated sites (hotels, military bases) for those arriving from ASEAN countries, the US, and Europe. There is no reported community spread yet, and all the cases are from people flying into the country and infecting a few individuals. The policy was only enacted a few days ago, but I really hope life here can return to normal if we start to catch all the cases before they leave quarantine. Additionally if we can test everyone before letting them leave quarantine.
You could also ask the citizens to self contain, then we wouldn't need authoritarian measures. So far I believe asking for self containment has failed, I have no reason to think why asking citizens to remain vigilant about the freedom lose will work.
