“No human being can sustain that, particularly young people. We are losing our youth by having that kind of a negative view.”Speaking at the MacGill Summer School, which is being held online because of the pandemic, Dr Ryan said people forced into quarantine need to be supported and appreciated more.
“It’s not about sticking somone in a hotel room or the spare room and leaving them there for 14 days and hoping that they haven’t starved to death or gone insane in the meantime. We are talking about supportive quarantine,” he explained. “It’s a situation where you thank and honour the person who is voluntarily removing themselves from society on behalf of us all. Can we support that person doing that?”“If we could identify a higher proportion of cases and ask close contacts to quarantine with our support, we wouldn’t necessarily be having lockdowns,” he said.during the summer to prepare for a second wave especially when it came to testing and tracing. “There was always going to be a second or third punch in this.
He concluded though by stating treatments are much better than they were and the number of deaths are falling.
Example. Protective measures to citizens Ages 0-19 advisory to wear facemasks inside public transport and buildings Ages 20-29 level 1 Ages 30-39 level 2 Ages 40-49 level 3 Ages 50-59 level 3 with sub 4 Ages 60-69 level 4 Ages 70-79 level 4 sub 5 Ages 80+ level 5 protection.
Quarantine may be better aimed at individuals who fall into the various age brackets according to mortality percentage statistics and anyone with preexisting respiratory or other afflictions which could complicate treatment. Eg, 0-19yr olds advisory only. 80+ level 5