screaming does pay

The new reported this afternoon that Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein decided to cancel the requirement for people returning from abroad to stay in a Quarantine Hotel. Rather, they will be able to do their quarantine at home.

Which shows that in Israel screaming does pay.

The reason Edelstein decided on the requirement for a quarantine hotel in the first place was because they found that a nice percentage of people don't bother following the quarantine rules. That along with the increasing number of infections (that lead to a lockdown), plus the risk of the new mutations arriving and spreading in Israel by travelers not keeping to quarantine, prompted Edelstein to require the quarantine hotels.

The thing is, most people returning form abroad did not want to go to the quarantine hotels. They stood in line for hours at the MoH table in the airport to try to be given an exception and not have to go to the quarantine hotel. Most people were still sent to the hotels, but that quickly became a disaster. There were complaints about poor conditions in the hotels - lousy food, no heating, dirty environment, etc. Probably some of it was exaggerated, but at some point it led to groups of "inmates" trying to break out and screaming and protesting and threatening a hunger strike. 

And the next day Yuli Edelstein cancels the requirements to stay in a quarantine hotel. Instead of improving the conditions of the hotels to make them bearable and decent for people to stay 10-14 days under decent conditions. They screamed and threatened like a mob, and he gave in. 

Screaming does pay.

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