Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[grandjoeblue]

Apart from possibly getting seriously ill with Covid...

Knew someone would say this...

Look at USA and the CDC guidelines. Various adventages over there being vaccinated. You don't need to have the same policies for vaccinated/non vaccinated.

 

[Cool_Blue]

I wrongly assumed that if you are double vaccinated and you go abroad you don't have to get the PCR tests done. I have just found out you still have to pay for various tests which costs £300 per person.

Surely if you are fully vaccinated you shouldn't need PCR tests? Seems a tad overly excessive for me. Can't imagine this process will stop when the next stage of the roadmap happens at the end of June (or July if its pushed back).

Depends where you’re going I guess. I think Greece have said this is ok, if fully vaccinated, no test required.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Depends where you’re going I guess. I think Greece have said this is ok, if fully vaccinated, no test required.

Quite a few countries are okay with you going there, but you'll still have to quarantine when you come back.

 

[Walken]

Apart from possibly getting seriously ill with Covid...

Forget global health, what about their jollies in the sun???

 

[grandjoeblue]

Depends where you’re going I guess. I think Greece have said this is ok, if fully vaccinated, no test required.

The PCR rules are a UK government thing rather than the other countries I think?

The rules might change. At the moment you can basically only go abroad if you're rich by using 'work' or a second home as an excuse.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Forget global health, what about their jollies in the sun???

If people have been doubled jabbed, what's the problem?

 

[grandjoeblue]

If people have been doubled jabbed, what's the problem?

Stay at home forever to save lives..

 

[Walken]

If people have been doubled jabbed, what's the problem?

Don't know, but pretty sure ordering a full english on the algave isn't the primary benefit of getting vaccinated

 

[Walken]

Stay at home forever to save lives..

The usual poor faith arguments, you could just accept that stating there is no benefit to getting vaccinated is a bit of a hyperbolic statement

 

[Cool_Blue]

I’ve just seen this, which is news to me.....
The European Union has decided that the UK will not be placed on its ‘white list’ allowing non-essential travel, adding further disappointment for British holidaymakers wishing to travel to European destinations.

I thought Greece, Spain etc had said we could travel there?

And as if there isn’t enough confusion already, the WHO have now allocated Greek letter names to variants? The Greeks should tell them to do one.

 

[navidson]

You shouldn't have to isolate if you've had 2 doses of the vaccine. The USA seems to have much more sensible rules than the UK. Somehow we seem to be much stricter than last summer even when you're vaccinated.

Theres barely any benefit of being vaccinated in the UK.

Apart from the lack of deaths and hospitalisations which has allowed society to reopen?

 

[grandjoeblue]

Apart from the lack of deaths and hospitalisations which has allowed society to reopen?

I'm talking more the difference of rules for vaccinated vs non vaccinated. Obviously the vaccine saves lives. USA have incentivised getting vaccinated by having vaccinated sections in stadiums, different mask rules for vaccinated etc.

 

[navidson]

I'm talking more the difference of rules for vaccinated vs non vaccinated. Obviously the vaccine saves lives. USA have incentivised getting vaccinated by having vaccinated sections in stadiums, different mask rules for vaccinated etc.

Well the Americans have always loved creating divisions between their people, it's the old 'haves' and 'have nots' argument all over again

We tried to skirt around the edge of the virus (Eat Out To Help Out etc) and got stung. We've decided to take a more cautious approach by waiting for all of the adult population to become vaccinated before we cast off the shackles

I for one am glad about the caution - Shame we didn't apply it when we allowed thousands of Indian flights into the country last month

 

[marnie]

Ok no green list. Think a few of the Greek islands will make it by 28th June. Rhodes has done 53000 vaccinations (50% of the island give or take) 38000 since 24th May.The majority of those are the 1 jab Johnson and Johnson. Unless there is a new Talacre variant we could be ok.