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Old 31st May 2020, 12:37
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Originally Posted by ATNotts
Whatever the facts about death rates, they are largely irrelevant to the question of whether or not to open up. The dead reflect what happened 2, 3, 4 perhaps more weeks ago. What is important today is new infection rates, and irrespective of what Spain, Greece or Italy are doing, the UK rates of new infections is far too high, and those countries ought not to be considering letting UK visitors arrive without quarantine unless and until the UK gets the epidemic under control, and new infections down to the hundreds, not thousands.

Surely that is a decision for those countries. If their politicians and scientific advisers feel it is safe who are we to tell them otherwise?
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