Is Travel Self-Quarantine Being Enforced?

The stupidity of New Mexico's governor in imposing a 14-day quarantine on anyone traveling into the state is just incredible.

As I said in a previous blog, it it tantamount to false imprisonment on people to force them to remain in the state if they are not infected and just passing through or just staying less than 24 hours. The woman is a lunatic.

Is it being enforced, or can it even be enforced? KRQE has an article on this.

They begin with:

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With the Fourth of July weekend approaching, the governor is reminding us that anyone traveling to the state of New Mexico must self-isolate for 14 days. Is that rule being enforced? People said they understand that we cannot monitor every single person who travels to New Mexico, but they said the least we can do is man the self-quarantine information table at the airport. 

People are traveling to New Mexico. “We are coming from Providence, Rhode Island,” traveler Darren Ferrell said. “We are going to Albuquerque and Santa Fe.” 

The Albuquerque Sunport expects an average of more than 4,000 passengers a day this Fourth of July weekend. “We determined that it was time to go on vacation, and New Mexico is a good destination,” Ferrell said. “It seems to be one of the lowest infection rates in the country.” 

Even with the governor’s travel order in place requiring a 14-day self-quarantine for people arriving into the state, passengers said no one is taking it seriously. “I do not really think people are following it,” traveler Phyllis Duncan said.

If someone were to pass through New Mexico to go to another state (such as Texas, Arizona or Colorado) on a vacation trip, and they already paid for attractions and lodging in that other state before the order and are forced to remain in New Mexico for 14 nights, it would be likely that lawsuits galore would be flooding the courts.

To read more, go here.