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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
But even if you segment up the UK how do you stop people moving between areas? Road blocks?
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You would hope people would exercise common sense, but road closures and blocks would be one option if significant numbers of people weren't adhering to the rules. It's not in anyone's interest to export or import Covid across these lines.
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How do you stop people walking cross country? What about people how live on the "border" that work in one area and live in another?
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It should be discouraged. Companies should explore options - working from home or temporarily redeploying staff. If it was essential then fair enough - make testing available to such individuals. Or furlough them until both areas are 'safe' and the temporary border can be lifted.
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Population is important - NZ has a total population of say 5 million. The UK has 70 million in roughly the same land area. And population behaviour is important - the western mindset is more tuned to individuality than society. We say people should but they don't.
And I do agree the costs will show to be bigger in the long run.
New Zealand is "successful" because it can isolate itself. The Asian countries have some success because the populations do what they are told (or even suggested). We have neither advantage.
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Ah the "western mindset". If the western mindset is so strong that people can't adhere to rules to help them get back to normal then they deserve what they get.
Do people really want another year of this? Because that's the alternative.