Coronavirus

[JBZ]

Losing hard earned cash on holidays booked pre-covid is a shitter.  I am less sympathetic where the loss arises from holidays booked post-covid.

I mentioned in a previous post that we should get out and holiday in the UK. Let's support the economy (in a socially distanced and covid compliant way) before it all goes south in the new year.

[Jimmy HaveHave]

Sorry guys, but there's a pandemic out there (in the world). I'm in the same boat, having a holiday to Spain booked for over a year at the end of August.

No help from the British government but it's ok to give China millions
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8550287/UK-gives-71m-China-just-one-year.html

[Pax Romana]

yeah I get the reasoning to an extent.

I just see no evidence of increased risk in traveling to the canaries compared to France

still, can't do much

Really sorry.  You're taking it better than I would, especially re not being able to claim.  I assume problem is that FCO is only advising against travel to mainland Spain?  Effectively rendering your island holiday impossible for you but not cancellable.

Equally feel for people currently in Spain who traveled there in good faith believing that they wouldn't need to self-isolate and now will have to regardless of the cost to them.

[STFC_Manc]

Really sorry.  You're taking it better than I would, especially re not being able to claim.  I assume problem is that FCO is only advising against travel to mainland Spain?  Effectively rendering your island holiday impossible for you but not cancellable.

Equally feel for people currently in Spain who traveled there in good faith believing that they wouldn't need to self-isolate and now will have to regardless of the cost to them.

People should be aware it might change, if not then it's their own fault. 

[Saxondale]

Grant Shapps the transport secretary is apparently on holiday in Spain.

Odds on him doing 14 day quarantine when he gets back?

[tans]

Will he fuck. The smarmy twat.

He’ll get tested and be back at work on monday

[Ginginho]

Are the Town players still in Spain?

[Private Fraser]

Are the Town players still in Spain?

Grant tweeted a pic of him and Isgrove from there yesterday.

[tans]

Isgroves with his mrs there, would imagine the others are back. Dont think many went anyway?

[Panda Paws]

Half of the football league are in Ibiza at the moment. Going to wreak havoc with pre season.

[Bogus Dave]

Will he fuck. The smarmy twat.

He’ll get tested and be back at work on monday

Are you allowed to not quarantine once you successfully pass a test upon returning??

Genuine question, because I don’t see a reason why that shouldn’t be allowed unless I’ve missed something really obvious. Would help people like batch too in his situation

Wouldn’t be any more or less enforceable than a 14 day quarantine is at the moment anyway - you’d just need to have the proof of a successful test if questioned, and if you can’t provide any then you get treated as if breaking quarantine

[tans]

Are you allowed to not quarantine once you successfully pass a test upon returning??

Genuine question, because I don’t see a reason why that shouldn’t be allowed unless I’ve missed something really obvious. Would help people like batch too in his situation

Wouldn’t be any more or less enforceable than a 14 day quarantine is at the moment anyway - you’d just need to have the proof of a successful test if questioned, and if you can’t provide any then you get treated as if breaking quarantine

Im not sure dave, surely its just the same as having symptoms or being in contact with someone who has, having a test, comes back negative and then you can go back to work.

[smalltowngypsymassacre]

Are you allowed to not quarantine once you successfully pass a test upon returning??

Genuine question, because I don’t see a reason why that shouldn’t be allowed unless I’ve missed something really obvious. Would help people like batch too in his situation

Wouldn’t be any more or less enforceable than a 14 day quarantine is at the moment anyway - you’d just need to have the proof of a successful test if questioned, and if you can’t provide any then you get treated as if breaking quarantine

I was thinking the same. Go to Spain, come back, get tested, get the all clear, go back to work. How's that not a more reasonable system?  Took my daughter to Piper's Way yesterday to get a test at ten in the morning as she was running a temp/had a slight cough, got the negative result back at seven this morning. Straight back down the mines for her, bish bash bosh. Really struggling to understand the need for these two weeks when you can just get a test done upon return

[horlock07]

Who actually enforces the quarantine, when it was allegedly in place previously social media was full of people coming back into UK airports expecting to have details taken and advice given and just walking through the airport with no contact or engagement at all.

[smalltowngypsymassacre]

Plus if everyone coming back from Spain had to take a test that would be a healthy contribution to the government's daily testing targets, or is that no longer a thing?