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Originally Posted by Aerkuld

The question I asked was, how do you know you're not carrying the virus, and you admit you don't know. Yet you also said in your original post, and I quote;

"Quarantines are for keeping sick people in their houses, not healthy people."

But you don't know whether you're sick or healthy.

I totally get you're point, but until we know how widespread the problem is we need to slow down the infection rate. I agree, we can't keep everyone locked in their homes for ever. Hopefully though, while people are having their movement restricted, we can get a clearer idea of what's going on and how to treat it. Look at how much we've learned since this started. We still have a long way to go, but we're starting to find effective treatments, learned about incubation periods, and asymptomatic transmission, etc.
Hindsight is a precise science. It hasn't proven to be as bad as was initially thought in most cases, but what if this had been far more dangerous? The whole thing could be out of control before we knew it.

A voice of reason in the forest of paranoia. Thank you.