Or acceptable in the free world, fact is that the virus has only successfully been contained in big brother countries and island states.
The rest of the world can not (and should not) try to replicate the same behaviour.
The rest of the world can not (and should not) try to replicate the same behaviour.
In 2020, my mother (and millions of other citizens) spent more time at home quarantined than she would have spent in prison, had she committed a serious crime (other than extremely serious stuff like murder) as a first-time offender. Had the quarantine been as successful as Taiwan's policy ...
A similar approach was tried in the Faroe Islands, but was not very successful.
It is likely that people of Taiwan are more willing to give up their freedom than western countries. But I don't know that for sure.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan...
That is like using ankle bracelets for tracking people under quarantine, just worse.
To the extent mandatory quarantines are justifiable, this method of enforcement seems reasonable and minimally invasive given the purpose.
I don't see why it's worse than ankle bracelets.
Mandatory quarantines are justifiable, buth their enforcement using surveillance technology is not. In free countries we trust citizens to uphold laws and only punish those who trespass them, not monitor everyone to ensure compliance. We do not have mandatory backdoors in our computers to monitor copyright enforcement, and we do not have mandatory government cameras at home to prevent domestic violence.
> I don't see why it's worse than ankle bracelets.
Ankle bracelets do not require interaction with wearer, while this monitoring is using incoming calls several times a day to ensure you have phone with you. If i were ill with covid-19 last thing i wanted is to be repeatedly woken up by phone calls.
Your mom's quarantine is fine by me if it means the 80% of the population who are under 55 can live their lives.