"As you say, like so much of the stuff at present, it seems framed more for press value than as effective policy. "
O.K If it's not an effective policy and is simply designed to appease baying lemmings what would be and effective policy?
If we take as as starting point that:
1) The exspert view is that It is vitally important that we prevent the arrival of potentially more dangerous variants of Coved 19 as far as is possible
2) People cannot be trusted to observe home quarantining procedures . Large propotions of people have been shown to fail to comply with the rules
3) Home quarantiing cannot be effectvilvely policed
4) We need to maintain fllights into the UK for absolutely essential requirements.
If we accept these criteria then hotel quarantining policy seems the onlly real option open to the Government.
|