Question: How can I protect my housemates while I am in quarantine?

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19)
section_headers: Households
section_content: Australians should check their state or territory government
restrictions to find out
more about the restrictions in place where they live. As states and
territories move through the steps in the 3–step framework for a COVIDSafe
Australia, restrictions will reduce.
If you are allowed to have visitors at home, you still need to maintain 1.5
metres between people from different households. Keeping visitors to a minimum
will help to reduce the spread of the virus throughout the community.
If someone in your household is sick with cold or flu symptoms, you should:

care for the sick person in a single room, if possible
keep the number of carers to a minimum
keep the door to the sick person’s room closed. If possible, keep a window open
wear a surgical mask when you are in the same room as the sick person. The sick person should also wear a mask when other people are in the same room
protect at-risk family members by keeping them away from the sick person. If possible, find them somewhere else to live while the family member is sick
seek medical advice and have them tested for COVID-19


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Gives some of the steps to protect but is not comprehensive.
While the answer concerns itself with the point of view of someone who would have to take care of the person with COVID-19 the person who is quarantining could follow these guidelines for themselves, like making sure to stay in a room with the door closed and wearing masks when present with other household members.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19)
section_headers: Living with other people while in quarantine
section_content: If you are well, others you live with don’t need to quarantine unless they
also meet the criteria. You should limit your contact with them as much as
possible by:

staying in your own room
using a separate bathroom, if you can
staying at least 1.5 metres away from others
avoiding common areas and wearing a mask when moving through these areas
wearing a mask when in the same room as others
not sharing a room with people, especially people at risk of severe disease (this includes elderly people and people with heart, lung, or kidney conditions and diabetes)
practising good hand hygiene and covering coughs and sneezes
avoiding sharing household items
frequently cleaning the house, especially things people touch often, like door handles


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Describes the exact steps to take to protect.
Requester did not specify if the "quarantine" was mandatory due to illness or just due to shelter-in-place orders so it is not known if they are ill or not. However, guidelines provided should be good if requester is sick now and can abide by them once they are better should that be the case.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19)
section_headers: Steps you need to take while in quarantine
section_content: When you must quarantine you must go straight to your home, hotel room or
other accommodation. You cannot stop anywhere, not even to buy food, medicine
or groceries. Where possible, use personal transport such as your car.
You must in quarantine for the entire 14 days to stop the spread of the virus.
This is because you may be in the incubation period (the time between getting
the virus showing symptoms). If you leave quarantine before the end of 14 days
you may face criminal charges or a fine.
Quarantine means you:

must not leave your home/hotel except 
in an emergency 
to obtain essential medical care


must not go into public places including work and shops
must not let anyone into your home/hotel room unless they 
usually lives with you
are entering to provide medical care
are entering for an emergency



If you live in a house, you may go into your garden or courtyard. You can go
onto your balcony if you live in an apartment or are staying in a hotel.
If you are in a hotel you must avoid contact with other guests and staff.
Monitor symptoms
If you develop cold or flu like symptoms in quarantine you should phone your
doctor or the healthdirect hotline. They
can tell you how to get a test for COVID-19.
If you are having serious symptoms you should call 000 straight away. This
includes shortness of breath, difficulty breathing or chest pressure or pain.
Tell the ambulance staff you are in quarantine and may have coronavirus.
If you live alone, a friend or family member can ring you to check that you
are OK.
If you develop symptoms and test positive for coronavirus you will enter
isolation. The people living with you now become close contacts and must go
into quarantine.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer gives instructions for what to do when an individual has to quarantine but says nothing about what to do if there are other people residing in the home with the requester.
Does not name specific steps to take.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Could be Improved