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Bend alot
It is clear we are going to have border and quarantine issues for some time.
Being isolated for 2 weeks stuck in a room sucks.
But if we could group quarantine with say up to 200 people within a fixed location such as a resort it would be a lot more bearable. You could use the restaurants, bars, tennis courts or even the 9 hole golf course on some, all with the other 200 people - a little bubble. But 14 days is still a long time in that bubble.
So mix it up, have a cluster of bubbles use 4 resorts (4 day, 4 days, 3 days & 3 days) all with the same people travelling at the same time. More a mini holiday while quarantining. The resorts could be in different states. If any come down with Covid the show is over and it is lock down for 2 weeks, but that is a risk I would take. But clear this quarantine and have full access to the state you exit as if you were a local.
A trial could be set up within a state to get the logistics worked out, then expand the model nationwide as a goal to use for international arrivals. Possible to have test done before departure, results would be back before you departed the first resort. Resort staff would need to be part of the bubble possibly on a x on x off cycle.
And then one person shows symptoms on day 10 and is positive so everyone in the bubble is a close contact. Then they ALL start their 2 weeks again. Rinse and repeat. You'll be in there for a lot longer than 2 weeks on average, and end up with a lot more people infected. And who pays for that.
On the pro side, EK require negative PCR test for all pax before boarding - to be shown at checkin - so there are fewer positive cases travelling.