U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days

Post by hanche » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 6:16 AM UTC

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There may well be flights. Crew are exempt, so at least for slot-controlled airports it's probably worth flying anyway to keep the slot; you'll have some US citizens / permanent residents and their families, and you can fill the belly with cargo since you have spare weight. Might be worth it even for airports that aren't slot-controlled.

Various aviation authorities in Europe are relaxing the requirements that is driving the slot controls & ghost flights. Don't have the link now but read it earlier.

Post by Scoundreller » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 6:17 AM UTC

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Nah, all planes are just going to be routed through a non-European destination en route back. The Azores are about to be very popular.

It's about whether you've been to Europe at all in the 14 days preceding, not about whether your immediate origin was European.

Post by Scarblac » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 6:20 AM UTC

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The UK is an Island nation with entry controls - passports are required even from the EU and there is at least token screening at the airports and docks of people with fever or other virus symptoms. Not that it’s the same thing, but being an island (so no walking traffic) and having some screening in place means that the UK simply doesn’t have certain diseases (like rabies) that are at least somewhat common in Europe…

The UK is about a week behind Europe in terms of covid 19

Post by azernik » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 6:20 AM UTC

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You’re describing the opposite of flattening the curve. Closing the gates now does nothing. I do not mean to be patronizing, but this is literally life or death and the math is very simple. Today there are k infected people. Tomorrow there will be kn people. If n is unsustainable, any positive value for k is equivalent. Arbitrarily large changes to k today make an arbitrarily small contribution to the final doubling.…

What do you propose be done instead of a travel ban?

Post by anigbrowl » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 6:21 AM UTC

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An executive order is not in effect until published in the federal register. Whatever is published there is what actually matters. As of now this executive order has not been published. You can check here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%...