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I’m anxiously waiting for the news that we will block travel from the UK to my country. If they are deliberately making their people into pathogen spreaders, we

I’m anxiously waiting for the news that we will block travel from the UK to my country. If they are deliberately making their people into pathogen spreaders, we can’t let them visit us

lightgreen 7y ago
Your country (whatever it is) likely already has more carriers than UK, and probably will have more carriers in any moment of time in the future. Anyway, this comment of yours is just offending to the people of UK, non-informative, fear-mongering and does not contribute anything to the discussion.
- londons_explore 7y ago
  > Your country (whatever it is) likely already has more carriers than UK The UK is pretty high on the charts...
  - lightgreen 7y ago
    Per capita, it is somewhere in the middle and on par with neighbouring EU countries.
    - tigershark 7y ago
      Show me some other country in the world that has the declared objective to infect 60% of its population, please.
      - londons_explore 7y ago
        I wonder what endgames these other countries are hoping for. I only see: 1. Eliminate virus entirely. Without a vaccine, almost impossible. 2. Infect 1-1/R of the population, relying on the fact that people who have already had the virus will provide herd immunity. 3. Give a vaccine to 1-1/R of the population. 4. Virus control measures of lockdowns stay in place forever. As far as I can see, the UK is choosing option 2, while most of the rest of the world seem to be attempting 1, which is probably impossible, therefore will end up doing 4.
        tim333 7y ago
        5. Limit the spread for a year or two till we have a vaccine.
      - lightgreen 7y ago
        UK did not declare an objective to get 60% of population get infected. If you have a source for that, please provide a link. They told 60% will get infected eventually and this is very similar to what Angela Merkel said (she said 70%).
- tigershark 7y ago
  In my opinion your comment is the one offending. They obviously should quarantine every country that has the brilliant objective to make 60% of the population ill.
  - lightgreen 7y ago
    There’s no objective to make 60% population ill. This is a lie by the media and commenters on HN who read that media instead of original statement by the UK government. Rather, it is the statement of the fact: 60% of population eventually will get infected (unless quarantine stays forever). Maybe other countries should do travel ban. But the tone of the commenter above (my country, they) is very counterproductive. People of UK are not enemies.
tim333 7y ago
There are a fair few restrictions already and I'm sure they'll ramp up over time. At the moment quite a few countries (eg Singa, OZ, Taiwan) require 14 day self isolation for arriving brits.

I’m anxiously waiting for the news that we will block travel from the UK to my country. If they are deliberately making their people into pathogen spreaders, we can’t let them visit us

lightgreen 7y ago

Your country (whatever it is) likely already has more carriers than UK, and probably will have more carriers in any moment of time in the future. Anyway, this comment of yours is just offending to the people of UK, non-informative, fear-mongering and does not contribute anything to the discussion.

londons_explore 7y ago
> Your country (whatever it is) likely already has more carriers than UK The UK is pretty high on the charts...
- lightgreen 7y ago
  Per capita, it is somewhere in the middle and on par with neighbouring EU countries.
  - tigershark 7y ago
    Show me some other country in the world that has the declared objective to infect 60% of its population, please.
    - londons_explore 7y ago
      I wonder what endgames these other countries are hoping for. I only see: 1. Eliminate virus entirely. Without a vaccine, almost impossible. 2. Infect 1-1/R of the population, relying on the fact that people who have already had the virus will provide herd immunity. 3. Give a vaccine to 1-1/R of the population. 4. Virus control measures of lockdowns stay in place forever. As far as I can see, the UK is choosing option 2, while most of the rest of the world seem to be attempting 1, which is probably impossible, therefore will end up doing 4.
      - tim333 7y ago
        5. Limit the spread for a year or two till we have a vaccine.
    - lightgreen 7y ago
      UK did not declare an objective to get 60% of population get infected. If you have a source for that, please provide a link. They told 60% will get infected eventually and this is very similar to what Angela Merkel said (she said 70%).
tigershark 7y ago
In my opinion your comment is the one offending. They obviously should quarantine every country that has the brilliant objective to make 60% of the population ill.
- lightgreen 7y ago
  There’s no objective to make 60% population ill. This is a lie by the media and commenters on HN who read that media instead of original statement by the UK government. Rather, it is the statement of the fact: 60% of population eventually will get infected (unless quarantine stays forever). Maybe other countries should do travel ban. But the tone of the commenter above (my country, they) is very counterproductive. People of UK are not enemies.

tim333 7y ago

There are a fair few restrictions already and I'm sure they'll ramp up over time. At the moment quite a few countries (eg Singa, OZ, Taiwan) require 14 day self isolation for arriving brits.