Originally Posted by
Radgirl
No absolutely not
We are talking about dying.
We need to shut borders, lock down and test. Several weeks ago. No ifs no buts.
If we had done so early enough we would be coming out the other end. The longer the delay the worse it will be medically and economically. The UK government must wake up.
In any case there is no knowledge as to how long exposure protects you. It may be short term, it may be the virus mutates. The only protection is to develop one of the vaccines and to trial the drugs identified by AI. Both the other side of the potential second wave
Shutting borders is one of the silliest things to do and has probably caused thousands of extra infections already.
What is required is control at borders so that people only cross for good reason, wear face masks and, where appropriate, undergo quarantine.
Totally closing borders causes massive agglomerations of people in close contact as they all try to return home.
For the same reason Ryanair should be running down their schedule rather than terminating it.