Originally Posted by
dr dre
At the moment the goal is to stop the influx of new cases. All cases of COVID-19 either have an international origin or close contact with someone overseas. There are few or no cases of "community transmission", probably due to the warmer weather here compared to the northern hemisphere.
I wouldn't say that much. There's no evidence of this being spread anywhere via air travel. China, South Korea haven't stopped domestic air travel and they are starting to get the virus under control. You'd probably be better off banning public buses and train transport.
Well I will ask you this. Given both Italy and now France have closed all shops and theatres etc, how many Italians or French do you think are now taking internal flights? And the Italians are locked down so not many of them... Look at their numbers three or four weeks ago. They are where we are now. Now Italy has over 21,000 cases and 1,450 deaths. We ARE headed there. Because we have started with low numbers nobody has noticed. 20% increase of 10 is only 2 in one day. 20% of 50 is only 10. We went from 200 yesterday to 250 today. And tomorrow will be around 300. So these measures will come here . And when not if they do, nobody will be flying. Why would you even if you are allowed to which is not the case in Italy. . No shops open, museums closed, no sport. And businesses won’t be taking the risk .. they are already stopping travel.