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Canary Islands added to UK quarantine list

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  • welshmoneylover
    welshmoneylover Posts: 3,324 Forumite
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    We know ...
    Be happy, it's the greatest wealth :)
  • welshmoneylover
    welshmoneylover Posts: 3,324 Forumite
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    Some people are going to be disappointed over Christmas y this rule
    Be happy, it's the greatest wealth :)
  • DCFC79
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    welshmoneylover said:
    Some people are going to be disappointed over Christmas y this rule
    Yes possibly but it is what it is.
    If its needed thenso be it, anyone wanting to travel there they need to follow the rules.
  • Yahoo_Mail
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    DCFC79 said:
    welshmoneylover said:
    Some people are going to be disappointed over Christmas y this rule
    Yes possibly but it is what it is.
    If its needed thenso be it, anyone wanting to travel there they need to follow the rules.
    It's not really needed though, is it?  The highest rate is on Tenerife, which is still only 96 per 100000.  Add in the other islands where the rate is much lower and you're probably at less than half the current UK rate of 159 per 100000
  • Thrugelmir
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    Yahoo_Mail said:
    DCFC79 said:
    welshmoneylover said:
    Some people are going to be disappointed over Christmas y this rule
    Yes possibly but it is what it is.
    If its needed thenso be it, anyone wanting to travel there they need to follow the rules.
    It's not really needed though, is it?  The highest rate is on Tenerife, which is still only 96 per 100000.  Add in the other islands where the rate is much lower and you're probably at less than half the current UK rate of 159 per 100000
    Not particularly relevant as testing regimes are totally different.  What's the positivity % from tests undertaken? What's the trend? 
  • eskbanker
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    Thrugelmir said:
    Yahoo_Mail said:
    DCFC79 said:
    welshmoneylover said:
    Some people are going to be disappointed over Christmas y this rule
    Yes possibly but it is what it is.
    If its needed thenso be it, anyone wanting to travel there they need to follow the rules.
    It's not really needed though, is it?  The highest rate is on Tenerife, which is still only 96 per 100000.  Add in the other islands where the rate is much lower and you're probably at less than half the current UK rate of 159 per 100000
    Not particularly relevant as testing regimes are totally different.  What's the positivity % from tests undertaken? What's the trend? 
    According to the stats published at https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/principal/coronavirus/acceso_datos.html, the positive rate has been about 9% across the territory but 10-17% on Tenerife over the past week or so, both of which are roughly double where they were the previous week.
  • Aranyani
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    Yahoo_Mail said:
    DCFC79 said:
    welshmoneylover said:
    Some people are going to be disappointed over Christmas y this rule
    Yes possibly but it is what it is.
    If its needed thenso be it, anyone wanting to travel there they need to follow the rules.
    It's not really needed though, is it?  The highest rate is on Tenerife, which is still only 96 per 100000.  Add in the other islands where the rate is much lower and you're probably at less than half the current UK rate of 159 per 100000
    Then surely we should avoid travelling there because of the risk we pose to them!  
  • Westin
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    edited 11 December 2020 at 7:19AM
    Aranyani said:
    Yahoo_Mail said:
    DCFC79 said:
    welshmoneylover said:
    Some people are going to be disappointed over Christmas y this rule
    Yes possibly but it is what it is.
    If its needed thenso be it, anyone wanting to travel there they need to follow the rules.
    It's not really needed though, is it?  The highest rate is on Tenerife, which is still only 96 per 100000.  Add in the other islands where the rate is much lower and you're probably at less than half the current UK rate of 159 per 100000
    Then surely we should avoid travelling there because of the risk we pose to them!  

    Fair point. Unfortunately some will however think and believe that using their right to access and use a cheap RyanAir flight to Tenerife is all that matters.
  • JamoLew
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    edited 11 December 2020 at 7:47AM
    Yahoo_Mail said:
    DCFC79 said:
    welshmoneylover said:
    Some people are going to be disappointed over Christmas y this rule
    Yes possibly but it is what it is.
    If its needed thenso be it, anyone wanting to travel there they need to follow the rules.
    It's not really needed though, is it?  The highest rate is on Tenerife, which is still only 96 per 100000.  Add in the other islands where the rate is much lower and you're probably at less than half the current UK rate of 159 per 100000
    I think the point is to try and prevent that rate going up with the inevitable mass influx of people who "really must get their xmas sun" 

    I don't agree with everything Hancock says/does -- but I do with his "just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you have to" comment yesterday
  • DCFC79
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    edited 11 December 2020 at 8:04AM
    Yahoo_Mail said:
    DCFC79 said:
    welshmoneylover said:
    Some people are going to be disappointed over Christmas y this rule
    Yes possibly but it is what it is.
    If its needed thenso be it, anyone wanting to travel there they need to follow the rules.
    It's not really needed though, is it?  The highest rate is on Tenerife, which is still only 96 per 100000.  Add in the other islands where the rate is much lower and you're probably at less than half the current UK rate of 159 per 100000
    Im not in a position to comment on that, you've seen the stats.
    Thanks for posting the stats.


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