Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[bullybeef]

Oliver Dowden, Culture Secretary.

shamelessly pushing the ‘scientists’ under the bus this morning on GMTV.

 

[BlueInNZ]

I looked into this yesterday. Heathrow bloke said pretty much all passenger arrivals are at very low passenger numbers, with pretty much all the passengers being repatriated. Able to cope with social distancing easily on board.

Might be BS, dunno, but he also said that no one is travelling to the UK for holiday or business.

Are they coming from Covid19 hot spots though? Any health checks on arrival? Any quarantine? Or just let loose?
Tbh pretty crap reporting on BBC which is my main source for UK news. Appreciate other UK media links people post on here to get more balanced views on whats going on. Which, from where Im sitting, looks to be a disaster.

 

[roydo]

Are they coming from Covid19 hot spots though? Any health checks on arrival? Any quarantine? Or just let loose?
Tbh pretty crap reporting on BBC which is my main source for UK news. Appreciate other UK media links people post on here to get more balanced views on whats going on. Which, from where Im sitting, looks to be a disaster.

The arrivals yesterday morning at Heathrow were from Rome, Dusseldorf and Pakistan. The ones I noticed anyrate. No idea about the tests or anything.

 

[jamieni]

Whereabouts are you mate?

Northern Ireland mate.

 

[mahermi1]

Maybe this one!

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Who is that ?

 

[COYBL25]

And what’s changed?

What`s changed is that if and when relaxations with regards to travel and holidaying etc start to happen it can be thought out and managed properly, with measures in place to manage numbers, rather than just a mad free for all " the weathers nice, let`s head to the coast / Snowdon etc "

 

[BlueInNZ]

Northern Ireland mate.

Do you think you've got the worst to come?

 

[Walken]

Are they coming from Covid19 hot spots though? Any health checks on arrival? Any quarantine? Or just let loose?
Tbh pretty crap reporting on BBC which is my main source for UK news. Appreciate other UK media links people post on here to get more balanced views on whats going on. Which, from where Im sitting, looks to be a disaster.

No contact tracing possible either, I've no issue with repatriation as these are human beings who don't deserve to treated like lepers by the selfish bells in this country all shouting 'leave them where they are'. But, as you illustrate the lack of testing, tracing or quarantine is more negligence from this government

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

The arrivals yesterday morning at Heathrow were from Rome, Dusseldorf and Pakistan. The ones I noticed anyrate. No idea about the tests or anything.

From what I understand, there are no COVID-19 controls at UK airports?

Sheer madness.

 

[Zatara]

This is an odd question based on the discussion we had.

A. Because it's largely already available for the public b) if you're managing a strategic response to something you normally aren't interested in the process so much as seeking assurance that it is happening c) the 'procurement process' isn't a single process because it's managed by a number of different government departments d) the current procurement process doesn't really give any indication about preparedness prior to an outbreak in the UK, it just tells you that the UK Government still don't think they have the capacity they need.

Youve typed a lot of words without actually answering the question.

 

[Tea_drinker]

So Johnsons plan has been revealed at last: he'll have us all locked up until this all just goes away.

 

[Barnfred 55]

I looked into this yesterday. Heathrow bloke said pretty much all passenger arrivals are at very low passenger numbers, with pretty much all the passengers being repatriated. Able to cope with social distancing easily on board.

Might be BS, dunno, but he also said that no one is travelling to the UK for holiday or business.

If the country weren't repatriating people there would be hell to play. I saw an interview with the CAA official saying that practically all flights are now just repatriating people and that most of these are at the government expense.

Now that we have more testing capacity I think I would be testing anybody coming in from high risk areas like NY though.

 

[LocalNative]

The arrivals yesterday morning at Heathrow were from Rome, Dusseldorf and Pakistan. The ones I noticed anyrate. No idea about the tests or anything.

Think it's worth noting that some of these flights may be completely empty. Particularly the transatlantic flights as they need to keep going business as usual to get the US government's bailout money.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

I think the police are really feeling the pinch here... I saw 3 cars and 6 polis called the scene of somebody grassing their neighbours up for having visitors yesterday.

Poor sods have nothing to do.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Youve typed a lot of words without actually answering the question.

Ask a relevant question and you might get a better response.