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Appalling
I actually find some of the comments posted by a member in Sweden to be both appalling and glib. I respect that person, but find his views objectionable. I am sorry that other members have had to respond so strongly, however, I agree with them. Indeed, I think it is a measure of their common sense and fairness that they have. I know people have strong opinions, but this is peoples lives and many have died and out of respect perhaps the fellow in Sweden should have moderated his opinions and be a bit more thoughtful before letting his unconsidered opinions and views get the better of him.
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Frankly I'd much rather have gone down the path of Australia and New Zealand, strict control of contact to reduce transmissions then trace and act on every case. Result, no national crisis, healthy economies and fewer dead.
We also was one of the first to test wastewater (sewage) for covid way back in March, it took the UK a further six months to catch on to that & start testing their wastewater & by then it was to late.

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Where'd you get that from?
Certainly that is the case in Australia.
And the requirement to have a test before boarding is going to fall into disrepute very quickly. A thousand people allowed into Australia for the tennis open tournament on the basis they all have tests and go straight into quarantine and several tested positive when they arrived. Several more positives since.

We have enough problems getting our own citizens in via hard hotel quarantine without causing Superspreader events without allowing a heap of entitled sports stars in.

As for lockdowns, we bailed from the US in March and arrived back in Oz two days before they raised the drawbridge. We jumped in our motorhome and headed bush and nearly a year later, having travelled in 4 states, we are living a perfectly normal life. No masks, no lockdown, no restrictions. Of course many have had lockdowns and mandatory masks but that was so the rest of us didn't have to.
No community transmission at the moment.
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Think everyone has said something that is right . The trouble is over here that if things became super draconian , which is probably the way to go judging by some far eastern countries results , the population wouldnt do it.......one look at the papers proves that by the amount of parties , raves, weddings etc going on....even if only half are true . Unfortunately around 10 per cent of this country dont give a fxxk about anyone else except themselves pandemic or not and they will always be like that........that figure could go a bit either way but I've not had coffee yet .
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If u really want ur blood boiled read the BBC s newsbeat article......why I'm breaking lockdown rules !! The first interviewee is a total wxxxer , he is exactly the sort of person that undermines any efforts made by others . But it's not just the UK, Bali appears to have plenty of foreigners who think that's it's ok to bribe in order to get round the immigration rules then do what ever they want eg blog how to do what they have done or in the case of the Russian guy ride a moped off a pier into the ocean......then whine when arrested and deported
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Hold the press - due to the shock pandemic the UK Government has decided that pole coming from a selection of countries will have to isolate in quarantine hotels for 10 days. This doesn’t come into effect until 15 February though. Up to yesterday the UK Government hadn’t spoken to some of the large chains of hotels that could be block booked about anything at all - for instance Best Western have hotels in Australia amongst other places that have had months of experience that would be go to tap into but the UK “Government” hasn’t asked for their advice.

Only 11 months late Boris. Australia managed to get it in late pretty darn quick and look, they have less than 1,000 dead rather than the UK and our 100,000. Spooky co-incidence or what.
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It's a blxxdy joke....sod the airlines we should've just said no one comes in . Our leader of the opposition hit the nail on the head....our schools are shut but our borders are open !! Never a truer word spoken imho .
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