Yes. A bit awry with interpretation. I said at the beginning, in Feb-March all positives were isolated in hospital. By late March it was home isolation which I went on to state how difficult that could be for many households.
I’m talking about SA and I remember it
It was definitely happening in Queensland as Tom Hanks and wife were initially isolated in hospital and then allowed out to isolate in a hotel. I remember him twittering that they were well but it was just the procedure that everyone initially isolated in a hospital.
I’m talking about SA and I remember it
the first couple from Wuhan. Isolated at RAH. The next SA people from Princess Diamond. Flown back to SA by air ambulance and isolated at RAH and so on until it became self iso at home. Neither of these cases required hospitalization just isolation. One of them was a younger woman who was positive not ill.
. Funny you should think that. 
. And then they sent an email saying they wouldn't be back in until 23rd July when it was safe ! FFS - MrP never stopped going into the office. Yet on social media they keep stating how the hub is open for business and how busy they are! Maybe, but certainly not doing their work for us! just busy tweeting methinks. 
Because as soon as interpretation is involved it gets very difficult for authorities to police.
Because I was thinking similarly just now. Our office in Adelaide, which is blessedly Covid free, is managed by the local Council. They are supposed to provision the reception desk and attend to issues. We haven't seen them since 23rd March! Heating has been broken now (and Adelaide just had its coldest day this year, today) and they simply said for us to bring our own heater, blankets and hot water bottle!
So, just now I was tempted to tell them that closer to their return date we were being isolated because someone we know had Covid.
Shouldn't be that hard. If there's only a handful of roads in and out of an area, you stick big flashing signs (governments love them!) stating that you're entering a COVID zone. Much of Australia can be divided along lines with very limited numbers of roads. Much as I hate to encourage them, minor tracks can be dealt with by a few large rocks, carefully positioned. Much easier than dividing the middle of a city, even if there is a river to help!
And I'd have thought ensuring that security guards would be well trained to secure Covid risk travellers safe in quarantine too but look what happened!
You're totally correct. The challenge is where to draw the lines and in the short term, it's a lot easier to simply use existing borders. The reality is though that this might be with us for a while, with (hopefully!) sporadic outbreaks. It'd make sense to put some effort into working out the most practical ways to quarantine geographical areas, whilst not inconveniencing those not involved in the outbreak.
Everything that is happening right now is happening at lightening speed to get the best outcome to suppress Covid. In order to do as suggested requires logistical effort and police/ADF training in things that won't do anything to achieve the primary goal, which is to suppress Covid. Business considerations sadly, come in a distinct second. But possibly as time unfolds this can be refined appropriately.
