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Treacle, apologies new it wasn’t Portugal but just couldn’t remember where until you mentioned it.
Definitely, brexit is another failure of the government but that’s a political debate that is for another day! Rapid tests will change the way we operate and move forward, not only ins aviation but the way we live our daily lives. That is until the vaccine appears. It’s going to be a big 6 months ahead of us.
I’m in IAG for the long haul, or until I hit my target. Hopefully the sooner the better to be fair! Given the recent news on testing I think October and November are going to be aviations pick up months, especially IAG with the talk of the transatlantic routes opening.
Deanmck - I can't disagree with a lot of what you're saying there - I did say there's 80% sticking to the rules and it was Greece that Stanley Johnson travelled to (via Bulgaria) though.
I appreciate that everyone is entitled to their opinions and I think sadly, covid is Brexit Mark II in that respect in that it really is dividing everyone - hence my comment that I can't wait for the rapid tests to be introduced because hopefully that, combined with the app will start to "control" things a bit better until a vaccine comes out and hence my reason for saying everyone will be a lot happier then.
Treacle,
Everyone has an opinion on Covid and they are entitled to it. However, the media is used to install fear in to the population. The one thing a government fear is a revolution which is why they have these tools at their disposal. You will always get rebels in every situation, country and town. However, do you really think that out of 67 million people, the majority are flouting the rules? Not a chance, the majority are sticking to them, socially distancing and wearing masks. So why do we have this sudden 'spike' if the majority are following the rules?
I made a point possibly two weeks ago, on a Saturday, the media reported the whole world suddenly hit their highest cases in that very same day. As if someone had just switched a switch and the media and state arms ran with this story yet failed to mention so many countries that were no where near highs. The more you read the statistics the more interesting it gets.
Biggest world players, biggest economies, biggest continents all off the scale with Covid in the same day.
Deanmck - I can't wait for the rapid tests to come out as I believe that they will open up a lot of social settings for a lot of people.
I do feel that it's only the quarantine situation that's holding people back from travelling, and your cousin (rightly or wrongly) is part of the problem with why we keep having to go into lockdowns. It has really annoyed me that 80% of the population are following the rules and doing the right thing, whilst 20% carry on doing what they want when they want - I have neighbours that have consistently broken all the rules and its got to the point where I'm going to ask them why I shouldn't report them - they clearly have no thought or consideration for others, so why should I have any consideration for them and its getting to the point where I think that a lot of people watching the students with their parties, and the younger people saying "it doesn't affect us so it doesn't matter" are getting totally fed up with it all - we're going to go around in circles if people keep breaking the rules.
Having said that, I have to say I'm really impressed and hopeful that the app can nip things in the bud - I've noticed that some areas are being put into lockdown a lot quicker, and on Sky News this afternoon I was quite impressed at a segment they had about an outbreak of covid in a meat factory in Poole. Apparently someone swinging the lead and wanting a day off entered into the app that they had symptoms - the app picked up the surroundings, tested everyone and found that 70 out of 500 had covid even though they didn't have symptoms. Being able to react quickly will be half the battle - the other half will be the rapid tests, and if people have to have a test to go anywhere then it stops actions like the idiotic MP that's on TV tonight who travelled down from Scotland to London and back with covid.
Sounds like I'm having a moan - I don't mean for it to come across that way its just I'm frustrated about the selfishness of some people and in some respects the negative press reporting doesn't help and that's why I can't wait for the rapid tests that will be out soon - I think a lot of people will be a lot happier then.