Nicholas Lewis
Established Member
In principle im in agreement but the risk here is that some new variant of concern comes up and they over react with measures again just after we've got our freedoms back. The primary goal has to be getting our freedoms back in the UK with no easy way to re-impose them without full parliamentary approval so it wouldn't be irrational currently to have international travel restricted to underpin that.But that wouldn't be the choice. By this time next month, we will have vaccinated a huge number of people, who would have built up robust immunity by 17th May, therefore even if some people did come back positive, it would not cause a problem. You could also mitigate against any risk by requiring unvaccinated people to take tests and/or stay at home for 10 days upon arrival back in the UK.
The secondary goals would be international travel based on some criteria as well as inbound tourism which the taskforce is reporting back on 12th April.