Abbysmum said "You're offering a false dichotomy. It's not either/or, but really will need to be both in the long run. There needs to be travel restrictions (they are proven to work), and eventually there will be universal masks.
"The 14 day restriction is a false sense of security and does nothing" is untrue. It *is* security, by containing cases that are acquired while traveling to prevent community spread. What is lacking is enforcement (i.e. follow up) and serious enough consequences (i.e. fines) if you disobey. "
Naw what i’m offering is reality. Travel bans and 14 day isolations for the next year or two is not sustainable for many reasons. While working in health care my boss travelled to BC 3 times when we had a 14 day isolation still in place. Think she did 14 day isolation? Nope, she would come back and go to work in healthcare. Were all of us annoyed and shaking our heads? Sure would. Was it reported and nothing done? Yup.
This is a healthcare worker we are talking about. No one followed the 14 day isolation anyhow. Yet everyone is up in arms about it thinking it’s what’s keeping them safe. It’s not.