Originally Posted by
Aluminium Mallard
Par for the course for quality journalism some would say!.... before a mid life career change I worked in commercial airconditioning, including some hotels and hospitals. To make them as energy efficient as possible (which has been a major influence in he past 20 years) typically just the rooms themselves are airconditioned with the absolute least amount of fresh air introduced via an central outside air unit. The introduced air returns and relieves down the corridors (which are not air conditioned at all).
It's possibly the worst design for preventing the spread of a respiratory virus. The virus load will leak down the hallways continuously and also build up in the room so when the door to the corridor is opened sent a big parcel of infected air down the common areas. It's surprising we haven't had more outbreaks.
A better setup would be to have a purpose built facility (or two) to safely process international arrivals, big enough to handle as many people that want to come here. Plenty of flying for both international and domestic.
The federal government really needs to show some leadership... the state by state approach will only lead to a dogs breakfast.
Are you seriously suggesting sending everyone to a facility like Nauru? Even more so where in a few months time most of the western world will have reached herd immunity. That policy is inhumane in itself. Literally no other country is doing this. All for the sake of 1 case that slipped through the net. This Covid jingoism really needs to stop to be honest.