Originally Posted by
Colonel_Klink
There was 1 case yesterday (the cleaner with the UK strain of the virus).
There are 9 cases today - and that cleaner has been to a lot of places whilst contagious.
The Virus got in through hotel quarantine.
Elimination would have worked - but for some reason we are still bringing in overseas travellers to hotel quarantine into the middle of our most populated cities. It defies any logic that this is still occurring after what happened in Victoria.
It’s up to the federal government to step up and set up inbound quarantine in remote parts of the country. This would cost a significant amount of money - but significantly less than the cost of the damage that is being done through opening and closing of the borders.
What about crews operating cargo only missions? We can’t turn the air cargo corridor off. These guys especially from the US are still clearly high risk, but is the risk worth it compared to turning the tap off cargo?m
Qatar and Emirates said they cannot fly into remote areas, very complex and not viable. They won’t be coming. The cargo from around the globe needs to keep flowing in somehow. QF is about as useless as Virgin when it comes to International freight capability.