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To be fair to the Mod Edit - pointless sniping removed - next occurrence will get fracked.and Hugh, Old Boy,

Government policy has been to reduce the infection rate “R” so the NHS will not be overwhelmed, not deaths.

So you are wrong with that statement.

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Still trying to get my head around the magnitude of what's going on. Do any hear expect the airline industry to recover or do we generally think that it's the end of an era?

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The airline industry (in my view) is going to be just one of the holiday industries impacted for at least the next 12 months.
Look at it this way. No-one wants to go on holiday with social distancing, spoils the fun.
Social distance in an aircraft???
Light at the end of the tunnel Carnival Cruises resume August 1st.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ume-operations

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It's one and the same thing.

Every infection that could result in death that you keep within supply of healthcare provision, push the other side of a vaccine, or the mythical herd immunity, then you have reduced the overall number of deaths.

Anyway as I'm enjoying a small sabbatical from the Coronavirus thread I'll leave it here for now fully expecting to be selectively quoted and insulted as per the norm.

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Distancing on an plane is rather pointless anyway, given that the air is just re-circulated.
You could get infected by someone at the back of the plane when you are sat at the front.

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Everyone knows to avoid getting sick you don’t eat the fish.

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They'll just have to fly with the windows open;)

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In theory, as long as nobody is coughing or sneezing or exchanging saliva, that shouldn't be an issue.

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Or how about we test people in the days before travel and conduct temperature checks before they get on/after they land and quarantine as appropriate?

You know, the stuff that's evidenced in science.

I'm sure someone will be along to say 'ah, but you can still miss one'.

Yes, however in the absence of a silver bullet/magic cure/'herd immunity" everything is about pushing risk down to as close to zero as possible. A point completely lost on some here.

If you think it's too hard or why bother then we might as well watch the world burn trundling along from lockdown to lockdown and see if that's cost effective.

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Air filtration on flights is as good than hospitals so the above holds true. However, there's also the fact that the virus can live on various surfaces for differing amounts of hours, planes would have to be thoroughly disinfected during 'turnaround time'

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Well the argument for a third runway at Heathrow has vanished in a cloud of viral particles. :D

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The demand will still be there in the near future. The 3rd runway wasn't going to open overnight.

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https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/art...how-it-spreads So, as long as no one talks or touches any surfaces, it should be fine...

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The demand for a 3rd runway is already chronic at Heathrow and as a matter of strategic development it needs to be built anyway.

Virgin Atlantic's decision to quit Gatwick may only serve to make the problem more acute in the medium term, if they attempt to consolidate operations at LHR in order to save money it will put even more pressure on the facilities there.

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Just watch what happens when restrictions are lifted.