Over 100000 people a week flying into the UK

1finny

1finny

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From places like Italy and New York. No checks, no testing.

If our scientists think that is ok should we get some new ones
 
I often watch Radar 24 and the amount of air traffic in a so called World lock down is shocking. Not as much as pre lock down but they all cannot be freight only.
 
Testing capacity and PPE are more urgently required elsewhere. It's not ideal, but that's a fact. When anyone flies in to the UK now, they should pretty much be isolating anyway. "Stay at home". It's not like all the new arrivals are going to be going to bars/pubs/clubs.

It was probably said in jest above, however given that we currently have thousands of cases nationally 'at large' in the community, a few more arriving via airports probably doesn't make much difference overall.
 
Cuthbert said:
Testing capacity and PPE are more urgently required elsewhere. It's not ideal, but that's a fact. When anyone flies in to the UK now, they should pretty much be isolating anyway. "Stay at home". It's not like all the new arrivals are going to be going to bars/pubs/clubs.

It was probably said in jest above, however given that we currently have thousands of cases nationally 'at large' in the community, a few more arriving via airports probably doesn't make much difference overall.
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Isn't the real problem that if it turns out 2% of them have the virus and become seriously ill then this is another 2000 cases that have to be dealt with by the NHS. It might be small numbers in the scheme of things , but if we are doing everything to try and minimise the risk of the NHS becoming massively overstretched surely every little bit helps.
 
RedAsABeetroot said:
Isn't the real problem that if it turns out 2% of them have the virus and become seriously ill then this is another 2000 cases that have to be dealt with by the NHS. It might be small numbers in the scheme of things , but if we are doing everything to try and minimise the risk of the NHS becoming massively overstretched surely every little bit helps.
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I guess that's a different issue - although I don't disagree with you. I was responding to the OP, who was saying there was no testing or checks when people got here.

(I'm actually surprised that there are that many arriving. I wonder what the breakdown is in terms of repatriation / business etc). Do pilots & crews count in those numbers?
 
RedAsABeetroot said:
Isn't the real problem that if it turns out 2% of them have the virus and become seriously ill then this is another 2000 cases that have to be dealt with by the NHS. It might be small numbers in the scheme of things , but if we are doing everything to try and minimise the risk of the NHS becoming massively overstretched surely every little bit helps.
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Yes, in a normal situation but they'll be in lockdown like the rest of us so that number should* be much lower. They are saying we have reached the point where anyone infected is on average infecting fewer than 1 additional person which is much slower than the early figures that got to the 2000.

*Depends what they do as an individual of course.
 
Cuthbert said:
I guess that's a different issue - although I don't disagree with you. I was responding to the OP, who was saying there was no testing or checks when people got here.

(I'm actually surprised that there are that many arriving. I wonder what the breakdown is in terms of repatriation / business etc). Do pilots & crews count in those numbers?
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Where are the numbers for these arrivals obtained from?
 
Matt Hancock just asked the question
Q: Many countries ask people to self-isolate when they arrive in the country. Why doesn’t the UK?

Hancock says the UK does have the capacity to do this. But he says the number of people arriving in the country has collapsed. He says the epidemiologists advise that people arriving in the UK are not a significant contribution to transmission. That could change in the future, he says.
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