Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
It's a weirdly arbitrary decision, even for Trump. Does he understand the difference between Schengen and non-Schengen free movement?
It's like he had a hat full of random stuff to do and just pulled one of them out.
I really hope Trump catches it.
maomao
普費斯
He must have shares in British Airways. Two week bonanza for them before they just shut everything anyway.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
No, there are still fights from the Schengen zone to approved US airports, but only US citizens or lawful residents will be able to take them after today.
Anyone sneaking in via the UK from tomorrow and pretending they have not been in the Schengen zone in the past 14 days will be barred for life from the US if caught. If they infect anyone they can expect a very long prison term.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
In the Trumpverse, everything is a political pose, isn't it? Britain needs to be 'rewarded' for brexit. UK has left EU so its position wrt coronavirus is magically different. It's bonkers.
Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Trump is a twat, but it's nothing to do with brexit, it's to do with the Schengen area, hence Ireland & other European countries are not being included in the ban.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
that's an arbitrary decision, though, not based on any sensible calculation of risk re Schengen/non-Schengen. It's a purely political position.
eg Poland is in Schengen and has both a low rate of infection currently and a set of very rigorous measures put in place early.
Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
little_legs
Поехали!
Toot toot
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
I’ve had flu jab and pneumonia immunisation which will probably do bugger all but here’s hoping.
Hopefully it’ll be wfh next week as the city descends into chaos.
Hopefully it’ll be wfh next week as the city descends into chaos.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
The resemblance to the Fibonacci sequence is strangely pleasing. 
editor
hiraethified
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8ball
Decolonise colons!
Some idiots are sharing totally unevidenced SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO SHUT FOR TWO MONTHS posts
To be fair, it might worth parents having a ponder about how to handle such an eventuality.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Of course it's arbitrary, but still nowt to do with brexit.
andysays
Love and solidarity
For some posters, everything bad is to do with Brexit
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
It’s political and unable to be unlinked from brexit. He’s giving Britain special treatment (and yes Ireland as well but the focus is very much on Britain, I don’t think Trump even knows what an Ireland is at this stage of his dementia)
It’s a nod to the Special Alliance and I don’t think you can divorce it from brexit.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Coronavirus: Mass events ban as Scottish virus cases spike
Gatherings of more than 500 in Scotland will be cancelled from next week as the UK moves to the delay phase.
www.bbc.co.uk
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Probably a bit of both. He dislikes the EU and likes Brexit, so it is two fingers up to the EU. At the same time Ireland is still in the EU, so it's more a Schengen thing, as people can in theory walk from Italy to Germany and get on a plane to the US. Of course Trump has no idea that Iceland is in Schengen.
editor
hiraethified
The Brit approach as seen from the US
www.bloomberg.com
Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands: Britain’s Strategy to Beat Virus
While China quarantined 56 million people and the whole of Italy is on lock down to counter the spread of coronavirus, the U.K. is taking a radically different approach. Instead of keeping people inside their homes, Boris Johnson’s government is trying to get inside their heads.
www.bloomberg.com
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The facts are:
From midnight tonight US time anyone arriving from the Schengen Zone will be turned back if not a US citizen or lawful US resident. Further the US will only accept flights from (and therefore to) the Schengen Zone in to approved airports; Atlanta, Dallas Ft Worth, Detroit, Newark, Honolulu, JFK, LAX, Chicago O'Hare, Seattle, San Francisco and Washington Dulles.
Anyone arriving from a non-Schengen Zone country will need to declare that they have not entered the Zone in the past 14 days. Same as from China (not Hong Kong and Macau) and Iran.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Hopefully that big jump in numbers today will increase pressure on the government to put in place a few more measures. I see the guardian's now running a stream of articles to say the government's response isn't good enough.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
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