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  If you did, in fact, avoid ebola for decades it would be really rough for you when you eventually catch it.
  If you did, in fact, avoid mumps for decades it would be really rough for you when you eventually catch it.
  If you did, in fact, avoid polio for decades it would be really rough for you when you eventually catch it.  
  I mean, yeah, avoiding getting infected with diseases does tend to make it pretty bad when you do get infected but we haven't had syphilis parties since the 70s and we seem to be doing pretty well without them.
context: It's the sensible thing to do, so of course we're not going to do it. I swear nothing works here any more. >
  
  Think of the Universities.  How would they survive if their Chinese consumers weren't allowed back? >
  
  I know this is tongue-in-cheek, but lets not muddy the waters. This is testing, not a travel ban. Anyone who tests negative should be free to travel (right now). FWIW, I think my own country (US) should be testing all travelers. Yes, the surge is in China right now, but as Chinese citizens are allowed to travel again, they could come through another country to the US/UK/wherever. And not to mention, I don't think covid cares about your nationality or skin color. >
  
  Few days ago there were post somewhere else on Reddit: 50% of people arriving to Milan from China have COVID. So… outright ban would make almost as much sense as not testing anyone. >
  
  A ban on flights from China makes zero sense unless everyone imposes the same ban. Furthermore, Italy just confirmed that sequencing of the positive test results showed that they all had Omicron variants that have been circulating for a long time in Europe. >
  
  I assure you that just because it would still be possible to leave China and end up in the UK, doesn't mean obstructions like banning direct flights would do nothing. >
  
  You're not an epidemiologist. Science says selective travel bans are completely useless as a measure against a highly contagious pathogen. They only delay the inevitable for 3-4 days, but do not flatten the curve or anything.
  You know which European country was the only one to ban direct flights from China in 2020? Italy. 
  You know which European country was the first to experience a surge in cases two months later? Italy. >
  
  I don’t think you understand science. >
  
  Do you want a do over pandemic? Because this is how you get a do over pandemic. >
  
  Of course they do. You have no idea how profitable it is! >
  
  MP’s mates with Garages full of wonky PPE to sell >
  
  I honestly don’t think so. We are experiencing one of the highest peak of Covid-19 in Sweden and the only thing people talk about is being more careful and making sure to stay home when they are sick.
  I think the world has moved on and will accept any number of Covid-19 cases unless the healthcare system breaks down from overload >
  
  The NHS is basically already broken though. That's the point. >
  
  So what is the difference? >
  
  I hope that Covid19 doesn't mutate. People got so weary of media talking and writing about it, no one takes it serious anymore. If now some deadly virus pandemic would happen, it would just wash over the country... >
  
  I just got it again a few days ago. Hardly anyone is social distancing or masks or avoiding groups of people. It’s like it never happened and I can tell you the current covid strain is nothing to sneeze at. It sucks and my entire family has it. >
  
  It’s long been tradition to gather around all our friends and family during cold and flu season. The risk of just being sick isn’t a big motivator to stay relatively isolated for months or years on end. If we saw death rates akin to the first year of the pandemic people might change their tune. >
  
  It's like chicken pox parties for adults! >
  
  If you did in fact avoid the flu for decades it would be really rough when you eventually catch it.