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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Can anyone explain why, if quarantine of travellers is so important, it's ok to wait a fortnight before implementing it?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No, nor all the other delays in implementing protective policies to prevent transmission.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    So all their pals can get back from skiing or sunning themselves in Dubai?  :/

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No ski lifts open in France or Italy @Dovefromabove but they are in Switzerland.  Open in Austria too but entry restrictions mean they're only for locals to use.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Where there's a wedge,there's a way😐
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Just because they’re supposed to be for locals only doesn’t mean some aren’t trying it on. Apparently some are trying to get away with masquerading as long-term chalet staff
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9210811/amp/British-tourists-skiing-holiday-Austria-96-foreigners-mandatory-quarantine.html
    😡 

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Doesn't surprise me that people will cheat but Austria does, at least, seem to be imposing some kind of entry controls.   Given that the first major infections started in ski resorts last year both France and Italy have just closed their resorts.


    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes! 👍 
    https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk-police-issue-11-covid-warnings-to-drivers-7307584

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Setting up quarantine in hotels and sorting out those contracts, security guards, food supplies etc must be a hell of a job @Dovefromabove and @B3 and not something that could be done overnight. They seem to be working as hard as they can to get it up and running.
    Nevertheless I personally feel it's a waste of time, akin to Canute trying to stop the waves. I think they could just ban all tourists from anywhere full stop, although that itself has its difficulties as apparently a lot of our food and other supplies are bought in the holds of passenger aircraft which keeps the cost down. Dammed if they do and dammed if they don't.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Oh no @pansyface!  I hope you have someone able to take care of you.  Or at least drop around some hot soup or broth.  
    Utah, USA.
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