If you really think about the impact of obeying the 1.5 meter rule inside a commercial aircraft, you would quickly realise that if it was obeyed, no aircraft would be flying. Why? Because the 1,5 meter rule does not just mean side to side. It also means behind and in front. So leaving the middle seat empty is one thing, but you would also need to leave the row in front and behind empty. Work out your load factor. Then ask if it would be economical for any aircraft to take off when it is less than a third full.
But yes of course there are gross and glaring inconsistencies with this social distancing and you don’t need to look at an occasional activity for the general public like air travel. People are cramming into trains and busses everyday.
As for hoping for a vaccine. You may have noticed some softening of the language surrounding this from our politicians especially Gladys. Her last press conference didn’t mention finding a vaccine at all instead saying when we find drugs that can treat it. Why?
Two facts;
one. HIV AIDS has been around for over 35 years, killed millions and costs many more millions in medical costs per year in treatment. There has been a worldwide effort to find a vaccine since it started and god knows how many man hours and billions spent to that end. There is still no vaccine.
two. This new WuHu bat stew corona virus is a new strain of corona virus. To date , THERE IS NO VACCINE FOR ANY CORONA VIRUS. The normal flu is not a corona virus.
So IF we ever develop a vaccine for this it will be a first for corona virus. And corona viruses were first discovered in the 1930s
Last edited by Foxxster; 17th Apr 2020 at 22:57.