Coronavirus Impact on Air Travel
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Their is also the dilemma of us infecting others while on our travels.
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According to the Financial Times the virus variant which is responsible for up to 80% of current infections in Northern Europe inc the UK originated in Spain. It was first observed among farm workers and was spread throughout Europe by returning holidaymakers.
For the second day running the world total of reported cases has exceeded 500,000, double what it was about 6 weeks ago.
For the second day running the world total of reported cases has exceeded 500,000, double what it was about 6 weeks ago.
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According to the Financial Times the virus variant which is responsible for up to 80% of current infections in Northern Europe inc the UK originated in Spain. It was first observed among farm workers and was spread throughout Europe by returning holidaymakers.
For the second day running the world total of reported cases has exceeded 500,000, double what it was about 6 weeks ago.
For the second day running the world total of reported cases has exceeded 500,000, double what it was about 6 weeks ago.
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216 Countries and Territories around the world have this Lurgy and we are still implementing travel bans,corridors and quarantine etc.You can't even travel across the UK without bumping into a circuit-breakers,firebreaks,tiers etc.Most brits I know off visit the beach in Spain rather than the local Spanish farms.I think I shall go and live in a Swedish farm with no music! Ta Ta.
It could just as easily have been released from Fort Detrick in 2019 when it got closed for a period because its safety standards were found out during an inspection. Everybody can come up with multiple theories and most will be wrong.
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So when the country is placed into a second lockdown will a holiday aboard to say the Canaries be regarded as essential travel when a trip to the English coast will no doubt be banned. Bear in mind people will need to travel to the airport and then mix with other people, which is what a lockdown is meant to prevent.
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So when the country is placed into a second lockdown will a holiday aboard to say the Canaries be regarded as essential travel when a trip to the English coast will no doubt be banned. Bear in mind people will need to travel to the airport and then mix with other people, which is what a lockdown is meant to prevent.
We probably eased off too soon, too quickly. The answer from the Far East etc seems to be lockdown hard, close borders, ruthlessly track and trace. Nobody said it was easy.
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This is just a total nightmare. We know that the last lockdown worked in bringing down the numbers but then it comes back again as restrictions are relaxed and more people ignore the new tiers. I watched the interview of an old guy who lives in a tier 3 area. He now goes to the betting shop and pub in a different area to get around the restrictions stating that rules are meant to be broken.
We are now entering winter so what hope is there that this won’t just carry on to the Spring. We will hopefully have a vaccine by then but some here have already stated they won’t have it. Let’s hope that attitude is not nationwide.
I see a bleak future.
We are now entering winter so what hope is there that this won’t just carry on to the Spring. We will hopefully have a vaccine by then but some here have already stated they won’t have it. Let’s hope that attitude is not nationwide.
I see a bleak future.
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Because there is a careful balance needed between protecting people from Covid and protecting them from the associated economic downturn.
We probably eased off too soon, too quickly. The answer from the Far East etc seems to be lockdown hard, close borders, ruthlessly track and trace. Nobody said it was easy.
We probably eased off too soon, too quickly. The answer from the Far East etc seems to be lockdown hard, close borders, ruthlessly track and trace. Nobody said it was easy.
Friends in Republic of Ireland indicate that they eased off BUT kept pubs closes predominantely in Dublin thus keeping any weekend trips out. There has been a huge rise in cases but many can be traced back to sport / house parties or it appears by one person coming back from holidays and not isolating then infecting 60 people. Lots of cases close to the border as different rules in NI because DUP didn't want to do same as Dublin.
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I have used motorways since March as working in West Mids, they are back to normal and have been for 2 months. Full lockdown was inevitable but who the hell pays for it all is anybodies guess.
Compliance is the issue here.
In Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Compliance is total.
Only HKG citizens can enter. Tested on arrival- Negative test means 14 days strict quarantine- positive means taken to an isolation hospital.
Quarantine means being tagged with GPS tracker & if you break quarantine it is a compulsory £2,500 fine AND 6 months in prison- no argument, no quibble- instant.
However, the result is the city is operating as normal, shops, bars, restaurants all full, busy streets. Masks & distancing compulsory.
They do get maybe 2 or 3 new cases of Covid a week- all imported and all detected at the airport.From the moment you step foot in HKG you are monitored, tracked, traced every single step until your quarantine is up- but then you are free.
Ironically compliance and control equals better freedoms & safer environments.
Unfortunately, even after 7 months & billions of pounds the UK have never had any effective track & trace or monitoring of self quarantine.
We don't even have compliance from our own Government advisers or MPs- so that's our issue- we make rules to look like we are doing something but fail to comply at all levels.
Part of the UKs box ticking culture.
In Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Compliance is total.
Only HKG citizens can enter. Tested on arrival- Negative test means 14 days strict quarantine- positive means taken to an isolation hospital.
Quarantine means being tagged with GPS tracker & if you break quarantine it is a compulsory £2,500 fine AND 6 months in prison- no argument, no quibble- instant.
However, the result is the city is operating as normal, shops, bars, restaurants all full, busy streets. Masks & distancing compulsory.
They do get maybe 2 or 3 new cases of Covid a week- all imported and all detected at the airport.From the moment you step foot in HKG you are monitored, tracked, traced every single step until your quarantine is up- but then you are free.
Ironically compliance and control equals better freedoms & safer environments.
Unfortunately, even after 7 months & billions of pounds the UK have never had any effective track & trace or monitoring of self quarantine.
We don't even have compliance from our own Government advisers or MPs- so that's our issue- we make rules to look like we are doing something but fail to comply at all levels.
Part of the UKs box ticking culture.
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In truth that is a huge issue. Cummings should have been suspended or dismissed because it sets an example to all. Our near neighbour dismissed senior politicians because they went to a golf day / dinner. Friends over there said it set an example to all.
Time for people to grow up and take responsibility for their own actions rather than looking for excuses to do what they want.
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Bojo clutching at straws and copying people again and again. There is no strategy only a complete knee jerk reaction all the time
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Govt sacking people employed on public purse gets a clear message that it applies to ALL. It applied in other countries but not in UK.
Time for people to grow up and take responsibility for their own actions rather than looking for excuses to do what they want.
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And you would have done what? All over Europe countries are now introducing lockdowns, are they all knee jerk reactions?