Quarantine anyone?

[cee-dee]

As we've seen on the news (???) quarantine restrictions have been imposed on returnees from some locations abroard but don't you think all foreign travel should be stopped worldwide to prevent further spread of covid-19 in a "second wave"?

There's lots of complaints about quarantine being imposed on returnees from Spain but it wasn't done without good reason:-

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/10-brits-tested-positive-covid-18674402

The worldwide spread of the virus was caused by foreign travellers so wouldn't you think that a complete ban is a good course of action having the benefit of the experience of the original spreading of it?

[roger_roger_over_and_nowt]

Lots of things that should have happened from the start didn't happen because respective governments,like ours,put money before human life.

They are still doing so now.

When you have no idea of what you are dealing with the wise amongst us will shut our doors against all possible threats,especially the uknown.

We didn't do this because of the "economy".

Human life was once considered priceless,it is now worth very little,clearly shown by the powers that be.

[m25jet]

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@cee-dee wrote:

The worldwide spread of the virus was caused by foreign travellers so wouldn't you think that a complete ban is a good course of action having the benefit of the experience of the original spreading of it?

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Although a complete ban sounds like a good idea, so many infected foreigners have already come here, not to mention the various Brits who have returned from overseas where they subsequently contracted the virus, that containing the virus is going to be extremely hard work to say the least, especially given that there is currently no cure for coronavirus.  Therefore, although it  would seem logical to impose a total ban it is, in effect, like shutting the stable door once the horse has bolted.  However, it would be worthwhile implementing a complete ban on overseas travel for all travellers, both incoming and outgoing, so as to minimise the risks of the disease being passed on by people who may otherwise still be insistent on travelling overseas during the pandemic, which may go some way towards avoiding a second spike of the disease.

[suzieseaside]

I disagree. Yes perhaps lockdown should have happened a bit earlier, but IMO problems now are due to the behaviour of stupid selfish people. They take no notice of social distancing either because they don't care about others, think they are not personally at risk, or when they get a drink inside them their brains dissolve.

[suzieseaside]

My reply above was to hurhur

[suzieseaside]

I don't know why people are complaining about changing quarantine restrictions on returning from Spain. It was always a possibility that rules would change if there was an increase in cases. All Brits taking a non-essential holiday would have been aware of this but we're prepared to risk it.

How does the UK ensure that returning holidaymakers.stick to the quarantine? Is it just down to trust? Good luck with that.

Excuse my cynicism but living in s tourist seaside town has been a real eye opener this year to how badly and selfishly so many people behave - social distancing, inconsiderate and stupid parking, littering and general dumb behaviour.
People can't even follow arrows on the floor around shops 🙄

[cee-dee]

"The Government" can't do right for doing wrong. No matter what they do, it'll be seen as "wrong" in some quarters.

[m25jet]

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@cee-dee wrote:

"The Government" can't do right for doing wrong. No matter what they do, it'll be seen as "wrong" in some quarters.

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As Abraham Lincoln once said, "You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time."  Seems as true now as it was back then.  No matter how good an idea may appear, and how popular it may become, you'll always have a group of people somewhere howling in protest against it.

[cee-dee]

That's a very good old saying but wasn't the full saying "You can please all of the people some of the time, you can please some of the people all of the time but you can't please all of the people all of the time"????

[m25jet]

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@cee-dee wrote:

That's a very good old saying but wasn't the full saying "You can please all of the people some of the time, you can please some of the people all of the time but you can't please all of the people all of the time"????

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Yeah, I think it was actually, but I was just trying to remember it off of the top of my head when I typed it originally and obviously misquoted it.

Anyway, getting back to the topic of the thread, I really do feel that this whole issue of quarantine in relation to Covid19 has the potential to be very divisive, as with many other policies already implemented in relation to controlling the virus, because there will always be people who take the matter very seriously and are willing to do whatever the Government deems to be necessary to try and limit the spread of the disease, whereas there are also groups of people who would appear to be the polar opposite and behave with an attitude of "For God's sake, stop worrying - this whole Covid19 thing has been blown out of all proportion."  If people get complacent or simply refuse to go along with the rules put in place to protect people from the virus then the potential for things to go wrong is going to be much greater than it may have been otherwise.  How many more people have to die before those too stubborn to listen and take adequate precautions realise that they've more than likely played a part in the spread of the disease and subsequently change their minds?  We're not out of the woods yet, and we may not be for a very long time to come.