Thank you for that opportunity. I don't think it's an experiment at all. I think this is what you do in the face of an unknown threat. This is a very reasonable and well-trodden path from a public health standpoint.
Of course, it means you learn with time and you pivot when you have appropriate data to pivot, but I don't think it's fair to suggest that anyone would have data at their fingertips to guide an initial decision. That's why you're guided by the precautionary principle. We learned that from SARS as well. This is, again, a well-trodden path in the public health world.
Of course, no one's suggesting that an approach like these quarantine hotels is a long-term strategy. As you learn more, as the data gathers and as you gather evidence to pivot from that, you can. I think it was not an unreasonable recommendation, especially with the emergence of the variants of concern and the certain unknown threat that that posed at the time.