Re-tests just fine

As a long-term resident who has just been through soft-quarantine, I have no issue with the policy of re-testing for Covid on arrival in Thailand. Why? Besides the positive “optics” intended to reassure the local population, doubletesting should detect the extremely small number of fully vaccinated/ tested visitors who may have contracted Covid within 72 hours, as well as catch fraudsters with fake documents (or inadequate tests) who may also happen to have active Covid.

But why not allow fully vaccinated/ tested Thai nationals and expats with permanent addresses in Thailand to home-quarantine for 24 hours until the test result proves negative? Why oblige them to quarantine in hotels? Surely, it would not be difficult for the authorities to contract-trace these individuals with an extremely low probability of contagion, who are also highly unlikely to abscond?

Or would that option require too much brain power for the politicians calling the shots to consider? Come on guys, no one will even notice yet another policy flip-flop.

MR HOMEBODY, BANGKOK