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That's actually how China handled it. If you test positive, you don't go home - you go to a facility to be quarantined and treated if necessary.



That's been proposed in the northeast US (MA, NY, NJ, CT, RI). Hotels would be used for mandatory quarantine. Tests and contact tracing (manually, then smartphone) would determine who gets isolated.




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