# So, my roommate has been house-sitting (SARS question)

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**Created:** [March 28, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-roommate-has-been-house-sitting-sars-question/164883 "2003-03-28T20:51:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-roommate-has-been-house-sitting-sars-question/164883/1 "2003-03-28T20:51:56Z")

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for a woman who’s been in Tiwan and Mylasia.

I’ve told her to vacate the home before the friend comes home to avoid any exposure to said friend.

I’ve also told her if she does see her friend, I won’t let her in the house until a she has passed a reasonable quarintine time - meaning if she wants to see her friend so bad, she can just stay there for a few more days.

So - am I being reasonable? It seems like there could be a real risk of her friend having been exposed.

How long should I make her stay over there? 3 days? 1 week? 2 weeks?

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-roommate-has-been-house-sitting-sars-question/164883/2 "2003-03-28T21:17:43Z")

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Well, the voluntary quarantine time in Toronto is 10 days. Sounds good to me.

The odd are there would be no problem with said person coming in from overseas, but I understand you wanting to be safe than sorry, and I suspect I may do something similar if I was in your shoes.

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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-roommate-has-been-house-sitting-sars-question/164883/3 "2003-03-28T21:23:32Z")

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Ok 10 days sounds good.

The thing is, I do have lung disease. I really don’t think it’s a good idea to tempt fate.