Where'd you get that from?

The UK has been hard hit because its government have been woefully (criminally, in my view) incompetent at every stage of the process. They have reacted late and lite, given out false and contradictory information, paid out huge sums to their cronies for junk, ignored warnings and science, failed to implement proper lockdown protocols and ignored their own advice without consequence to the individuals concerned. In February 2020 when other countries were locking down and morgues were filling up, all our government was doing was telling us to wash our hands while singing God Save the Queen. I think that sums it up.

Even today their reaction to the threat from abroad has been half hearted. There are "safe corridors" to countries where infection rates are lower than ours. Arrivals are not checked or quarantined, and there are no follow-ups in any case. Business travellers face no restrictions on travel whatsoever. A few months ago you could perhaps argue that UK rates were so high it didn't matter much if a few more infected folk came in from abroad, however against that now there are new more infectious variants arising in RSA and BRA, and we don't need those as well as our home grown new more infectious one. Plus of course, one infected person on a plane can infect dozens of others, all sitting in a tube full of recycled farts for 2 hours.

If we were taking this seriously there should be not only test certs for passengers before boarding, there should be 2 weeks mandatory quarantine in commandeered hotels as well. But we still aren't.

I wish my mrs could do a live blog from the airport she works at , the public would have a fxxxing fit . It's a total farce and travellers are taking the Pxxs by flying via another country that isnt on the banned list having left one that is .It is unbelievable what goes on re the lack of enforcement at airports......contrast with the ports where people are stopped questioned fined and turned around !!

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 .

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

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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You will have to do without pocket handkerchiefs, and a great many other things, before we reach our journey's end, Bilbo Baggins. You were born to the rolling hills and little rivers of the Shire, but home is now behind you. The world is ahead.

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 .