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Anon006 Posted 5 years ago
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Is this okay: Hey, does this mean that we’ll be able to travel without the need to quarantine every time now that we are vaccinated?

  

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anon006 Is this okay Yes. The Oxford English Dictionary now recognizes this intransitive use of "quarantine", calling it "rare before the 21st century". ) then.

  • anon006 Is this okay Yes.
  • The Oxford English Dictionary now recognizes this intransitive use of "quarantine", calling it "rare before the 21st century".
  • ) then.
  • Before the current world health scare, you were placed into quarantine or you were quarantined.
  • You could not simple quarantine.
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anon006Is this okay

Yes. The Oxford English Dictionary now recognizes this intransitive use of "quarantine", calling it "rare before the 21st century". The first citation is from 1928, but it was rare (wrong?) then. Before the current world health scare, you were placed into quarantine or you were quarantined. You could not simple quarantine. But thi

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