Corona virus and self-isolation

I just hope that before they land at Gatwick, there will be enough public (and professional) outcry here to reverse this decision, and to keep every single one of them fully isolated for the necessary time!

I just read on BBC they may be put in a military base.

Me: Would this be an empty military base Matt?

Matt: Good question sw

I wonder if there has been a lot of "reporting" on this before the actual plans were sorted out?

All those agreeing to evacuation to undergo two weeks isolation at a military base or they can stay where they are in Wutan apparently.
Good decision, better safe than sorry and they will have medical supervision. There's a young couple with a newly born need to come home asap given reported risk is mainly to elderly and very young

We travelled during the SARS outbreak. Nothing much to report. We just had to walk past a sort of camera thingy which was apparently taking our temperatures as we left the plane.
Also what happened to the MERS virus?
Somehow we managed!

Thank goodness that either they have seen sense or the earlier reporting was incorrect.

People keep saying "what if it was your family wouldnt you want them flown home"

Well what if it was YOUR family that was FLYING them home? Yes they may use military staff to fly but does that make it right?

Self isolation for those unconfirmed to have direct contact is sensible.

Brits are IMO particularly bad at adjusting their routine when infectous so

I know you probably did not mean it that way but @notanan your sounding racist with your post -

Brits are IMO particularly bad at adjusting their routine when infectous so

Oh come on!!!!

(that to ananimous)

Thats not what racist means. I think you meant xenophobic, and it wasnt that either.

Brits ARE bad at self isolating when infectous. Look at the trouble every hospital in the country has every winter trying to keeo away visitors with recent D&V or flu symptoms.

Brits ARE bad at making a plan B.

Other cultures may be better at following instructions like that

I believe the earlier reporting - many of us heard it direct from one of the Brits who had spoken to the FO directly. The Govt is making it up as it goes along. I still don’t understand how they intend to prevent an infected but asymptomatic passenger from infecting others on the plane. Surely logic would dictate that the only ones allowed to travel should be ones who have had no contact at all or gone outside for the two weeks before the flight.

Now we know that the evacuees will be taken to an empty military base. Presumably medical attention will be available. I wonder if the people on the plane will be required to wear masks as they've had to if they were likely to be in contact with people incubating the virus.

Will the people providing the transport, food and services at the base then join them in isolation?

They need to be in individual en-suite rooms with a serving hatch for food and drink, an intercom and a TV/IPad. I expect HMG has sorted this out already.

They will be able to use the IPads to whinge on social media ?

Okay, sorry I gave misleading information. But even so, 1692 deaths last year from influenza is slightly more than the 130 deaths in China from this new virus. No hysteria about flu each year is there?
Do think that the media builds up hysteria for whatever reasons of their own (makes such good headlines), probably can hide other far worst stories away from the front page.
It does seem as if this virus has a high risk of being passed around, but fatality rate is extremely low.

Minimise away Fran

I suppose this should cut down any Brexit protesting anyway, so we can all enjoy the nights celebrations. I'm making a EU/UK cake tomorrow - Gonna cut off the EU at 11pm!

What will you do with the EU bit? It will be quite big and the piece you are left with will be quite small.

Previous post could be quite deep, but it wasn't meant to be.

Lucywintery

You can have the useless big lump I'll keep the bit I'm putting a sixpence in

anan ?.

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