Apart from Miss Rona, there are many other diseases around the world - and every now and again one or a couple of them raise their ugly head. In the last few weeks, there has been an outbreak of Ebola, an outbreak of Nipa, an outbreak of Dengue and an outbreak of plague in different countries across Africa and Asia. So, shall we just seal everything off until there are zero cases of any infectious disease? That's simply impossible.
So, instead, it boils down to risk assessment and targeted protective measures. Risk in country A? Acceptable. Allow free travel. Risk in country B? Unacceptable. Restrict travel. That's the one and only way of making it through this with minimal damage - and perhaps one of the wisest decisions the UK government have taken since the beginning of the pandemic.
Last edited by PilotLZ; 4th Jul 2020 at 10:33.