Breaking Quarantine In Philly? (Patreon)

Sadly, right now I live in Florida which is being overrun with the rona and I'm not only trapped in my house, I'm trapped in the state. 

If I try to go on vacation to say, New York, the fact that I'm from Florida means I will be told to quarantine for 14 days when I get there. This basically means, my vacation won't start until the third week I arrive in the Empire State. 

Needless to say, that is not an option. 

At CBS's O&O KYW in Philly, a memo went out to the staff that anyone that is returning from a location that is being highly impacted by COVID-19, will be required to quarantine for 14 days.

That means you are to work from home (if you can) and self-quarantine for two weeks before returning back to work. CBS isn't the only company using this policy to try and keep their employees safe. 

KYW Anchor Jessica Kartalija recently made a trip to California, which is one of the states that is being heavily impacted by COVID-19 and posted a number of pictures of her trip on her Instagram:

Due to the policy handed down by CBS, Kartalija is being told to self-quarantine for two weeks and not come into the station. 

And while it appears that she is no coming to the studio, it does not seem to be keeping her from going out of her house. 

On Saturday evening, Kartalija posted this picture of her out and about with her spouse:

She has since deleted the picture. 

Now, CBS can't force her to stay in her house and not go out. The company can only tell her not to come into the station. 

But, if you came home from a highly impacted area of the coronavirus, doesn't it seem like the wise thing would be to self-quarantine for the suggested 14 days? It's actions like this that are making it so hard to get this virus under control. 

Story after story on the news is about being smart, wearing a mask, and self-quarantining when it is appropriate. 

I guess in Kartalija's case it is, do as I say and not as I do. 

And yet people wonder why the virus has control of this country? 

Here is the internal memo sent out to staff at KYW and obtained by FTVLive: