Originally Posted by
homonculus
We should have closed the borders many months ago.
That's easy given hindsight is 20/20 but given we are still only in April when did you think circumstances objectively demonstrated the need close the UK Borders?
Singapore, a country not exactly unaccustomed to handling these type of outbreaks, was letting people in with just the standard walk through temperature check as late as the first week in February...Looking at where I've been this year working and the various hoops I've had to jump through as this has escalated I'm not sure many places really started going What The * until mid Feb/early March...
But yes, HMGs response has been somewhat tardy...