Originally Posted by
LapSap
Trying to figure out the logic raised by the latest case of a UK arrival to Melbourne travelling to QLD.
Seems you are better off arriving and testing positive ASAP.
That way you go straight into isolation (as opposed to quarantine) for 10 days and are allowed out.
Meanwhile the rest of us mugs who worked hard to stay Covid free and returned, sit there for 14days .
How does that work??!!
Health Minister says that’s completely in line with international and domestic protocols.
Say what???!
It’s really not that hard. My 11yo read about it and explained it to his brother.
very very simply
From exposure day you may develop COVID and become infectious at any point in the next 14 days.
From when symptoms develop and you are tested as positive you only remain infectious for up to ten days and have been symptom free for three.
So diagnosed day 1, symptoms for a week. Three day buffer. Out on day 10 (that’s 7+3)
The reason why they don’t test on exit to date is that you can still test positive for weeks but you are no longer infectious. Won’t achieve much - but
might with the variants.