The lockdown culture that is Singapore

S’porean man charged in court for leaving home 30 minutes before quarantine ended to get breakfast

And:

According to CNA, Tay is accused of leaving his home in Choa Chu Kang between 11:30am and 12pm, half an hour before his quarantine ended.

He thus breached his quarantine order by leaving his home to go to his neighbourhood shopping mall for breakfast without getting the permission of the Director of Medical Services, said the MOH release.

And:

The day prior, Thursday, Apr. 23, 34-year-old Alan Tham was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment for breaching his Stay-Home Notice (SHN) to eat bak kut teh.

To be clear, I am fine with Singapore doing this, but it hard to imagine the United States enforcing quarantine with the same vigor.  And on the other side, I might risk prison for laksa, but for bak kut teh?

For the pointer I thank Tuvshinzaya.  and Jeet Heer asks:

I have to confess I’m becoming more pessimistic since I don’t see much signs that most countries outside Asia & the Pacific are developing the testing-tracing-isolation capabilities needed. Am I wrong about this?