It’s not really an additional source unless they’ve actually contracted it. Which they’re just as likely to do in the UK. Fair enough if the infection levels are way lower but they’re not really.
That’s only the case if you’re more likely to catch it by being in a different country than you are in your own country. If you’ve a 1 in 100 chance of getting it in Coventry and a 1 in 100 chance of getting it in Madrid it doesn’t matter which you catch it in. If you go about your daily business you’re just as likely to give it to somebody else. You aren’t importing a new case by picking it up somewhere else. You’re just changing where you got it.
I’m leaning towards shooting anti-maskers
My wife and I were chatting about that as we have both had camera tests up noses and down throats. She’s phobic about it. No way we’d be able to do it properly ourselves
Yeah totally sympathise with that POV. It’s actually started getting to me, from clueless neighbours to parents ignoring the school rules to wear masks when dropping/picking up kids, to Tesco delivery drivers coming practically into your house to drop shopping with no mask. I could go on. A chunk of Society has become very selfish and ignorant. I suppose it doesn’t help when you have the types of world leaders that we do, everyone feels like they can do what they want. I feel like some countries are a powder keg right now just waiting on a sparkBeyond believe how stupid they are
The last one I saw was from someone who’s had corona (apparently) and now is convinced it’s not dangerous because she didn’t get symptoms. Well no ones denied that ever, in fact the asymptotic people are part of the reason this is so dangerous.
Obviously a staunch anti masker too, I could ask her why after hours of a mask in hospital the other night I could have a resting HR of 68 with no lower than 99% o2 saturation despite being asthmatic but they’d find some dumb excuse. Most of the medical exemptions are bullshit too that don’t really mean you can’t wear a mask. The only time I take mine down in shops is to speak to my girlfriend as she needs to lip read in certain situations and can’t always understand the workers.
Just sick of it all
Yep, try swabbing a 4 year olds clacker and up the nose for 10-15 seconds and telling me that it is an accurate test. I'm sure there has been many false results from home testing and a lot of people are quite happy to have negatives so they can go about their business.
Not if you can pick it up in Manchester and ‘import’ it to Birmingham just as easily.
Seems like the exact same situation whenever I pass my local tattoo shop. Never anyone in there wearing a mask, and people use it as a social club by the looks of it. I've no idea who you're supposed to whistleblow to in these situations though. It's the same in most of the local barbers and hairdressers, they are just not taking it seriously.
Maybe if you actually read it instead of bundling in with how right you always are you would understand. Quarantine from countries with a high prevalence of the virus makes sense if your own community transmission is low. If it’s exactly the same then you’re as likely to get it in the UK as you are in another country. That’s what I’ve said from the start if you would get off your high horse for one minute you may be able to see somebody else’s point.
Sorry I don’t agree with you. There’s many a case of people coming back from jollies, straight out to pubs etc and caused a super spreader event. Even from so called ‘safe’ areas. People are less likely to take care on their jollies.
I’m sure there is. There will be plenty of people just going to different places in the UK and spreading it too. Obviously it came from overseas initially which is why I believe we missed the boat on quarantining being overly effective.
My point is that adding to it can be done just as easily by moving within the UK. Now an argument can be made to say people are less likely to move between cities in the UK than go abroad and come home. Which would be a fair point. But for it to be effective then you would need the same quarantining for leaving those hard hit areas in the UK.
I don’t particularly disagree. I would have no interest in travelling currently for those reasons. But I don’t believe it’s currently the reason it’s gone rampant and I don’t think quarantining will be any more effective than asking anyone to isolate for two weeks would be.
I’d love to see the figures how many people have travelled over the last few months for non-essential travel. It might not seem like a huge ask but many people just can’t help themselves.
I don’t disagree that it’s the only reason but part of a bigger picture. However look at that example from Ireland posted above by pogue, 1 couple went away for a few days and came back and infected 30 people. It spreads so easily just by being in someone’s company.
