4tothefloor
Active Member
After 16 August that won’t be happening from the U.K. that’s the good news.This is the main reason why I wont be going abroad, until they remove the pre-departure test requirement to get back to the UK there is too high a risk of being covid positive and stranded for at least 10 days before trying to get back. Stuff of nightmares.
Even worse is to get a negative test, then get home to receive a phone call from NHS test and trace who tell you that one person on your flight has been confirmed as covid positive so the whole plane load has to legally self isolate for 10 days in the UK, it really isn't worth it is it?
In Ibiza the issue is hospitalisations are increasing rapidly. An insufficient amount of the population is vaccinated. it’s going to take time and too many people (young people) are opting out. This is a world wide issue though. The idea that indoor clubs will reopen until this is under control is fanciful at best.
There are questions over what efficacy of the vaccination actually means. It clearly doesn’t mean that over 90% of people vaccinated won’t get Covid. That’s what I thought efficacy meant. It doesn’t. Israel and to a lesser extent the U.K. prove the point. But the vaccines have had an enormous positive impact. It does reduce infections on a huge scale and it does reduce the seriousness of those infected in terms of hospitalisations and deaths
Regarding outdoor events, infection happens. The euro 2020 final and semi final will prove this point unfortunately. The number of people infected at the stadium or outside is enormous amongst those that’s have had 0 or 1 jab. These numbers haven’t been released and may never be. But as I am professionally close to the organisers, I can confirm it is an issue. I can’t prove that here. You will see the impact in autumn as the U.K. opens up further now, after 16 August and when flu season kicks off.
But, with 100% vaccination (wishful thinking), what the U.K. is doing now is the world wide solution that we will have to learn to live with. The alternative is boom and bust lockdowns until there is a cure.
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