Originally Posted by
Vokes55
If I’m statistically 5x more likely to catch coronavirus in Manchester than in Crete, why can I go to Manchester and not have to quarantine but I do if I go to Crete?
Other than decimating airlines and jobs further, the quarantine scheme does nothing if community transmission in your own country is high. The benefit is a drop in the ocean, the disadvantage is catastrophic.
Germany found that holidaymakers in holiday mode didn’t do much social distancing while on holiday and brought the virus home. My friend has first hand experience of someone sitting on an aircraft inches apart from strangers spending 2 hours eating a large packet of kettle crisps. As you say they might be sitting next to someone from infected Manchester.
On return to Luton everyone was piled into a single airside bus where he faced another bunch of strangers all hanging onto ceiling straps to stop them falling over. Best not to mention boarding at the gate and passport control.