This isnt about cargo or animals but humans. The whole point about lockdown is to reduce contact. We should have closed China's borders in November and ours in February, but of course we should close them now
My concern is the exit strategy. Like a war, you dont go in unless you have an exit strategy, unless your surname is Bush or Blair. At some point the number of known new cases will go below X which means the true number is 5X. Before we relax lockdown we MUST close our borders to all humans otherwise we will get fresh cases as seen in several other countries. We need to keep the borders closed until we can vaccinate and properly test so we know the total number with antibodies or vaccinated is about 70%. That will be Q3 Q4 2021 but in the meantime Britain can trade, export and import
So we need to do two things within weeks: first tell all Britons abroad that they need to come home within say 6 weeks or be locked out. Flights will need to be organised and everyone must be quarantined on arrival, not 'Scout's honour go home'. Second we need to bale out UK airlines. Fortunately many arent British......
Meantime Air China, Iran Air and flights from Boston and DFW continue to arrive. Many Px may be returning Brits but there is no regulation enforcing this and that results in a longer lockdown and more deaths. We dont need medical experts or scientists, we need testing equipment and ventilators. We dont need diplomats for goodness sake! OK I am ready for the flak and outraged comments but we are not dealing with machines or laws but a virus. It only obeys nature so if you disagree you have to provide an alternative that doesnt kill tens of thousands or further wreck the economy.