Quote: wrencat1873 "It does seem strange not to prevent travel to some of the more stricken areas but to then quarantine people when they arrive back here.
Although there would be uproar if people couldn't take their holidays etc, surely this would be a more effective method of restricting the virus.
I well aware of course that, new cases are being diagnosed on a daily basis and that it's impossible to know where they are going to occur.
However, at some point, it may be wise/neccessary to impose some travel restrictions.
I notice that the Irish government are wanting to postpone the forthcoming Ireland v Italy game - again, the masses wont be happy but, it seems like a sensible idea from where I'm sitting.'"
Travel has already been restricted - or at least the FCO advises against travel and people and companies - and airlines - respond. I can tell you now most business travel has being restricted massively.
It's going to continue to spread globally either way and remember, there is no vaccine (yet). The key in the UK is to at least prevent a rapid spread to minimise overloading services. A slow spread reduces the peak demand on service.
Feckin idiotic loaded questions on QT last night - "if it should get worse, where will the (NHS) staff come from?" Is there really an expectation in today's entitled society that there should be tens of thousands of doctors and nurses somehow on standby or will appear by magic??
Nope. A pandemic is a pandemic. The NHS will do a brilliant job either way - even when the press are reporting otherwise. And I expect the army and private health services will join in. But the fact is that if tens of millions of us become infected and 2-5% of those die, we're not going to have the clean, sanitised, sheltered country we're used to. Even when most symptoms are mild, things will get messy.
There was a definite hint of the outlook when Jon Ashworth backed the government, even if only half-heartedly. Ask yourself when the opposition ever backs the government.