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Stay at home - save the NHS

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    Stay at home - save the NHS

    " Boris Johnson is being urged not to add any more countries to the quarantine list in order to save what is left of the summer holidays "

    Boris Johnson is being urged by ministers not to add any more countries to the quarantine list in order to save what is left of the summer holidays.

    There are fears that if Greece joined France and Spain on the list it would collapse the "travel corridor" system that has given overseas holidays to hundreds of thousands of Britons during the pandemic.

    The status of Greece was uncertain on Saturday with one Cabinet minister saying that "it all depends on the numbers". Transport secretary Grant Shapps will review its figures on Thursday.

    Ministers are privately now hoping that the position will not be clear cut enough to force a decision before the end of this month in a fortnight to avoid ruining holidays for tens of thousands of Britons."

    Ministers urge No10 to wait until September before expanding travel ‘red list’

    It's a relief that the Govt is taking the pandemic seriously


    #2
    tulipshow
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      People knew the risks before they booked. Sorry but zero sympathies.
      Make Mercia Great Again!

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        #4
        Originally posted by BlueSharp View Post
        People knew the risks before they booked. Sorry but zero sympathies.
        The travel and tourism industry employs a lot of people. So people need to go on holiday to keep these people in jobs.
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #5
          Think I'll book a holiday on Rockall.
          bloggoth

          If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
          John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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            #6
            Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
            The travel and tourism industry employs a lot of people. So people need to go on holiday to keep these people in jobs.
            But if they go on *foreign* holidays they are more likely to bring in the virus, just before autumn, and that could keep the economy shutdown for longer or even if not shutdown people will just be afraid to go out despite Boris saying it’s ok.

            It’s short term and totally counter productive - who really does the quarantines? The only useful purpose quarantine gives is reduction in demand

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              #7
              Originally posted by AtW View Post
              But if they go on *foreign* holidays they are more likely to bring in the virus, just before autumn, and that could keep the economy shutdown for longer or even if not shutdown people will just be afraid to go out despite Boris saying it’s ok.

              It’s short term and totally counter productive - who really does the quarantines? The only useful purpose quarantine gives is reduction in demand
              Going on holiday to countries that had lower Covid levels until the Brits turned up....
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                #8
                Originally posted by AtW View Post
                But if they go on *foreign* holidays they are more likely to bring in the virus, just before autumn, and that could keep the economy shutdown for longer or even if not shutdown people will just be afraid to go out despite Boris saying it’s ok.

                It’s short term and totally counter productive - who really does the quarantines? The only useful purpose quarantine gives is reduction in demand
                Remember the noise about not locking down fast enough?

                Well this is the result of all that screaming and whaling about the nasty Tories instead of a balanced debate. Not a chance will they want to appear slow to lockdown for the deaths coming over the winter. I cant wait for the covid AND flu graphs of death.
                Make Mercia Great Again!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by BlueSharp View Post
                  Remember the noise about not locking down fast enough?

                  Well this is the result of all that screaming and whaling about the nasty Tories instead of a balanced debate. Not a chance will they want to appear slow to lockdown for the deaths coming over the winter. I cant wait for the covid AND flu graphs of death.
                  Erm, now they won’t do a lockdown until it’s too late as well

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                    #10
                    Shouldn't NHS be saving us not the other way around?

                    It seems like that's defeating its purpose...

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