Coronavirus Impact on Air Travel
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So just round up people and their families, then lock them up on the basis they visited a country. Covid-19 has really brought out the desire of many to emulate the Stasi in East Germany with a glee that even the Stasi would struggle to understand.
Denmark has 1050 cases today to get to 54k cases and its death rate per million is 128 while the UKs is 719 but seems to be lets blame Denmark.
Denmark has 1050 cases today to get to 54k cases and its death rate per million is 128 while the UKs is 719 but seems to be lets blame Denmark.
If the UK was to put all people arriving from Denmark into Govt controlled quarantine, I would expect other countries in Europe to be taking similiar actions. AFAIK, neither Sweden nor Germany as Denmark's immediate neighbours are taking special action with regards to the mink cases in Denmark. I cannot see other countries in Europe changing their policy towards travellers from Denmark especially because of the mink farms - ie the UK seems to already be much more strict on this issue than countries in the EU. Other countries in Europe seem content for the Danes to manage the response on the basis that Denmark is relatively transparent (corruption is low) and seems to show determination to get this under control
The UK alone significantly increasing its policy response and imposing a lock-everyone-up policy is unlikely to save the effectiveness of any new vaccine
The UK alone significantly increasing its policy response and imposing a lock-everyone-up policy is unlikely to save the effectiveness of any new vaccine
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The virus has a total 2.5% fatality rate on people who have tested positive, down from 3% 2 month ago. Of current case 1% are serious / critical. All the while Aviation and Economies are destroyed.
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If the UK was to put all people arriving from Denmark into Govt controlled quarantine, I would expect other countries in Europe to be taking similiar actions. AFAIK, neither Sweden nor Germany as Denmark's immediate neighbours are taking special action with regards to the mink cases in Denmark. I cannot see other countries in Europe changing their policy towards travellers from Denmark especially because of the mink farms - ie the UK seems to already be much more strict on this issue than countries in the EU. Other countries in Europe seem content for the Danes to manage the response on the basis that the country is relatively transparent and seems to show determination to get this under control
The UK alone significantly increasing its policy response and imposing a lock-everyone-up policy is unlikely to save the effectiveness of any new vaccine
The UK alone significantly increasing its policy response and imposing a lock-everyone-up policy is unlikely to save the effectiveness of any new vaccine
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This may also help too https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...re_article-top
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Its a nice conspiracy that it was held back to end Trump but in reality Election Day itself was nearly a week ago and the damage was done with postals in the weeks before that.
It looks like Europe is moving away from a "borders closed" approach and instead moving towards a "you must show a PCR test certificate from the last 72 hours on arrival" approach when entering a country, with the cost of the PCR test borne by the traveller - approx GBP 100 or EUR 110
This might be acceptable to those travelling for an annual 2 week holiday or intending to stay for a month or longer because of work, but maybe less acceptable for those intending to spend only a few days away from home - e.g. business travel or leisure weekend break
Airlines with a strong domestic network (e.g. SAS), reliant on migrant workers (e.g. Wizzair) or beach package holiday centric like TUI will presumably be be less affected but I'm wondering how the likes of Easyjet and Ryanair might be affected - paying an extra GBP 200+ in tests per person for a weekend in (e.g.) Barcelona isn't great. Will this continue to depress air travel demand to a significant extent ?
This might be acceptable to those travelling for an annual 2 week holiday or intending to stay for a month or longer because of work, but maybe less acceptable for those intending to spend only a few days away from home - e.g. business travel or leisure weekend break
Airlines with a strong domestic network (e.g. SAS), reliant on migrant workers (e.g. Wizzair) or beach package holiday centric like TUI will presumably be be less affected but I'm wondering how the likes of Easyjet and Ryanair might be affected - paying an extra GBP 200+ in tests per person for a weekend in (e.g.) Barcelona isn't great. Will this continue to depress air travel demand to a significant extent ?
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Gosh, it's actually easier than you might think, this evidence-free assertion lark, I think I've got the hang of it now.
Personally, though, I don't buy it.
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Turning back to the impact on air travel, the euphoria on the stock market and in the media is presently quite unjustified. Sure it a a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, however the (only) vaccine has yet to get regulatory approval, and the population sectors most likely to travel for leisure will be way down the pecking order for getting vaccinated when vaccines eventually start being rolled out. When the hangover kicks in after yesterdays party watch the travel stocks head south again on the markets, as realisation kicks in that there may as a result be a partial recovery in travel next year, it won't be back to business as usual for a couple of seasons.
Interestingly, Pfizer's CEO has stated that he didn't seek Government funding because "it always comes with strings attached" and he wanted to give his scientists free rein. Sounds like a victory for free enterprise.
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First past the post doesn't mean we have the winner. It just means they reported first.
Those that take the vaccine should be given a passport back to a normal life while those that refuse should not until enough have been vaccinated to ensure heard immunity .
Those that take the vaccine should be given a passport back to a normal life while those that refuse should not until enough have been vaccinated to ensure heard immunity .