# What criteria should there be for lifting the quarantine?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 7, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-should-there-be-for-lifting-the-quarantine/851288 "2020-04-07T17:11:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-should-there-be-for-lifting-the-quarantine/851288/21 "2020-04-08T14:40:22Z")

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> [@PastTense](#):
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> New York Times article:  
> **How Will We Know When It’s Time to Reopen the Nation?: Experts offer four benchmarks that can serve as a guide for cities and states, eliminating some of the guesswork.**
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> [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/upshot/coronavirus-four-benchmarks-reopening.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/upshot/coronavirus-four-benchmarks-reopening.html)

Something on this scale seems prudent. But there should be a lot of criteria at different levels for rolling back some lockdown, etc. rules. It should be worked out now rather than waiting for pressure to ease things “just because”.

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-should-there-be-for-lifting-the-quarantine/851288/22 "2020-04-08T14:44:39Z")

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> [@Babale](#):
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> It does not require a 100% compliance rate, but implying that it does and is therefore impossible to achieve is a great way to get people not to try. So, good work!

I was responding to your post where you complained that ALL (your all caps) people were not complying. You are the one that was asking for 100% compliance, not me.

And sure, “good work.” I’ll bet that many people look to my posts on the SDMB to guide their personal conduct.

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**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-should-there-be-for-lifting-the-quarantine/851288/23 "2020-04-08T14:51:50Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Something on this scale seems prudent. But there should be a lot of criteria at different levels for rolling back some lockdown, etc. rules. It should be worked out now rather than waiting for pressure to ease things “just because”.

Well, sure, but this is a newspaper reporting on guidelines based on expert interviews.

Most detailed planning and criteria is of course welcome, but that’s hardly the purview of the NY Times. That’s something that should properly be handled and disseminated via our federal, state, and local governments.

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