Originally Posted by
LTNman
No one wants the airport to be closed longer than necessary but there is a valid question to be asked when the country has been told to self isolate to reduce the length of the lockdown.
Airports and aircraft are not conducive to stopping the spread of viruses. They are the initial reason the U.K. got infected in the first place. Reopening Luton for financial gain will not be helping the economy in the long run as it will just help to prolong the pain for those businesses that remain closed.
The country has NOT been told to self isolate to REDUCE the lockdown period -Quite the contrary; The idea is the reduce the potential burden on the Health Service by an extended period of infectious risk however at a lower peak rate .
This is a political rather than health decision and the UK government only took this course at the last moment .
Hence the utter shambles of planning ensued.
There is some creditability to herd immunity however requires far more knowledge of the infectious processes and whether the mutations are close enough to reduce the risk of reinfection . COVID19 doesn’t seem to follow the rules on that With the current evidence available though and this IS a health issue of major concern.