Holidaymakers who are double-vaccinated will no longer have to take any Covid tests for travel abroad, Boris Johnson has said. The Telegraph has more.
Speaking on a visit to a hospital, the Prime Minister said that day two lateral flow tests – which are currently required for fully vaccinated people entering the U.K. – would be ditched, saving a family of four around £120. The changes are expected to come into effect at 4am on February 11th.
It follows the ending of pre-departure and PCR tests for vaccinated travellers earlier this month and will be seen as a major filip for the travel industry in advance of the February half-term break. …
Holiday firms have already reported a surge in bookings for half term after the easing of restrictions and in anticipation of further lifting of curbs.
Speaking ahead of a Covid-O cabinet committee meeting on Monday, Mr Johnson said the country was moving through the Omicron wave and “things are starting to get better”.
“On travel, to show the country is open for business, we will see changes that people no longer have to take tests if they are double-vaccinated,” he said during his visit to Milton Keynes University Hospital in Buckinghamshire. …
Bookings to all holiday destinations have already jumped by 67% on average compared with December 2021, according to analysts Skyscanner.
Some international and long-haul beach and sun destinations are seeing demand return to levels above that in 2019 before the pandemic, according to the company.
The destinations with the fastest growing bookings are Maldives (up 125%), Mexico (up 110%), Costa Rica (72%), Colombia (48%), and Tanzania (39%).
Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy The PC Agency, said: “When it happens, it will be a terrific boost for the travel sector and crucially for consumers. It will mean cheaper holidays and business trips and the end of the testing nightmare the industry has faced for nearly two years.”
But why only the double-vaccinated? Nobody now pretends that two vaccine doses provides any kind of protection against Omicron infection. The UKHSA estimates vaccine effectiveness of two doses against Omicron after six months of just 0-10%. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has stated that two doses are “not enough for Omicron… We have seen with a second dose very clearly that the first thing that we lost was the protection against infections”. Government data show infection rates in the double vaccinated have been considerably higher than in the unvaccinated across most age groups for some months. Where then is the evidence behind this continued restriction on the unvaccinated? It has no scientific basis, plainly is now solely to add coercive pressure to the unvaccinated to get the jab, and should be dropped.
Worth reading in full.
Stop Press: Professor David Paton has skewered the “anti-science” in the Government’s latest move: “UKHSA data report double vaccinated adults are currently testing positive at much higher rates than unvaccinated. So of course post-travel testing is (rightly) dropped for the former but kept for the latter. More anti-science from the Government.”
Stop Press 2: Self-isolation for unvaccinated travellers will also end on February 11th, according to the Telegraph – though the requirement to test will remain.
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That left foot forward article is hilarious. “Lesser known” was how they described daily sceptic, and Toby spreads false statements. Worth a read for the laugh out loud factor alone.
…and where on earth would they get the notion that millionaires want to play politics in the first place..? Oh, of course from the left leaning billionaires doing exactly that for their side….
The Spectator is a blog!
Hysterical! And ‘a danger to [our] democracy’ sound suspiciously like the same trope used constantly throughout the last couple of years.
The author clearly doesn’t realise that the pull ‘rightwards’ is merely us dogged centrists trying to hold the middle line while the left disappears off the cliff of totalitarianism. Why isn’t she bigging up left leaning blogs to counter this ‘dangerous’ precedent – or are they so good they don’t need the publicity?
“Is Justin Trudeau right to blame Canadian wildfires on climate change?”
I watched about 20 seconds of his statement in the Canadian Parliament, and concluded that he is mad as a bag of frogs. Utterly indoctrinated, or mentally ill.? Thats a toss of a coin.
I think his friendly uncle Klaus has interfered with him in some way
“MPs on Commons privileges committee consider sanctions on Boris Johnson supporters”
I’ve forgotten. Aren’t these people supposed to work for us..?
I went into an Oxfam shop in Sheffield yesterday. It was packed out with women, so not much of a boycott going on.
I’d wager 95% of people have no idea and no interest in questioning what this is and where its heading.
Are you sure?
Yes.. what actually is a Woman these days.. just asking for a friend..
Another day, another example the world is screwed up and wants our kids screwed up with it;
”The publisher of a new children’s book featuring a man in bondage gear and a woman with trans ‘top surgery’ scars has branded parents voicing objection as ‘homophobes’
‘Grandad’s Pride’ is the creation of Waterstones children’s book winning author and illustrator Harry Woodgate – who uses they/them pronouns – and is published by Andersen Press, who told MailOnline they stand by the product.
The children’s tome promises ‘to celebrate the power of community and the importance of LGBTQIA+ history’ and is highly regarded in some circles – even winning the Waterstones’ coveted children’s book prize.
The book’s publication also comes amid a storm over the controversial trans clinic the Travistock Centre, which is facing mass legal action from 1,000 families of children ‘who where rushed into taking life-altering puberty blockers’.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12168561/Fury-LGBT-kids-title-called-Grandads-Pride-features-sexual-fetishes.html
No indoctrination going on here at all. Nada.
https://twitter.com/DrLoupis/status/1667231117957537807/photo/1
I can’t watch it , it’s all so pathetically obvious ! This assault on childrens minds & bodies is up there with Mengele but we have endure its circulation in our mental periphery !
For the love of all the gods and everything that is still normal and sane in the world, please tell me this is fake news!!!
”If you thought Democrats were done pushing the Covid hysteria, think again.
Despite announcing an end to the authoritarian Covid-19 government mandates, the Biden White House requires guests to practice social distancing and wear masks during their visit.
The mandates, however, will only target those who are unvaccinated.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will welcome the NCAA men’s and women’s national championship teams to “College Athlete Day” at the White House on Monday.
In an email from the White House Office of Legislative Affairs addressed to members of Congress, Covid protocols were listed, notifying lawmakers that they would need to show a negative Covid test before being allowed to attend the event. If unvaccinated, the attendees must wear a mask and social distance.
“Masking guidance: Fully vaccinated guests are not required to wear a mask on the White House grounds. Guests who are not fully vaccinated must wear a mask at all times and maintain at least six feet distance from others while on the White House grounds,” the email states.”
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/06/10/wh-brings-back-face-masks-social-distancing-for-the-unvaccinated-n2624325
Of course ! They invented & are maintaining the whole shebang ! RFK was on the Mexican / WHOLE World border with the USA recently & get this !.. 7 million people have crossed said border since Biden was foisted upon us in his 3 criminal years as puppet Potus but covid bollocks still apply to documented travellers , Well I Never !
Contempt of Parliament? Meaning 1a below: they ain’t seen nothing yet.
Whoever is removing my last three posts give me a reason please.. I thought this was the home of free speech! Stop playing childish games..
By the way I’m taking screen shots of each question now..
In:
We find:
That’s rubbish! The BBC was lying by omission and so were vast swathes of the ‘mainstream media’.
Brendan O’Neill on Johnson: O’Neill is outraged by the ousting of Johnson from politics for cakes and beer, whilst Alistair Campbell was able to spin lies about a foreign country (Iraq), causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, and get away with it.
As a principle that’s fair enough. But let’s not forget what Johnson has said about Ukraine, and how he personally scuppered the possibility of a settlement in March 2022, resulting in the virtual depopulation of Ukraine’s young males (and the emigration of many more). The public lack of concern over that puts him on a par with Campbell.
“‘The BBC has a reputation as a truth-teller …..’”
BWAHAHAHAHAA. That hasn’t been true for years, the plandemic just made it more obvious.
I think it is true among large enough sections of the population for it to be a big problem. Most people I know either believe the BBC is neutral and truth-seeking or disgracefully right-wing.
““‘The BBC has a reputation as a truth-teller – but in Covid it did what the Government wanted’” – Current and former staff members say debate around lockdown at the corporation was often stifled, according to the Telegraph.”
It just so happened that the government line and the BBC’s sort of coincided, for a time. Do we really think the BBC would have enthusiastically supported a “do nothing in particular about covid” approach?
““the U.K.’s main Right-wing blogs”, which it says are “often propped up by millionaire donors’”
I’ve no idea if blogs “propped up” by rich donors are over-represented on the political right, but it would not surprise me if it were true. The political left have captured the MSM and big business, so it’s very hard for much that is “right wing” to establish itself – corporate money will not invest, advertisers will boycott, banks will refuse to process payments, anyone involved will be cancelled from their profession, big tech social media will take down their posts and remove their channels.
“What are the U.K.’s main Right-wing blogs and how influential are they?” – Left Foot Forward includes the Daily Sceptic in its list of “the U.K.’s main Right-wing blogs”, which it says are “often propped up by millionaire donors’ intent on using their money to play politics”. If any millionaire donors have some spare change, do get in touch.
I haven’t read the article yet but the first thing I’ve noticed is a large advertising banner across the bottom of Left Foot Forward’s page. When I attempted to dismiss the advert in order to get a better view of the article I was amused to find it replaced with ‘Ad served by Google’.
I wonder why ‘Right-wing blogs’ are ‘propped up by millionaire donors’? Could it be due to lack of funding from advertisers like Google?
Millionaire? Me? I wish.
Now, to actually read what they’ve written…
They complain about niche right-wing sites like Guido Fawkes but then point out the relatively large readership it has. But they don’t publish their own readership by comparison in the same article… Now which is more interesting and popular?
Even better: The article concludes with this footer:
But they do get Google advertising money.
“Is Justin Trudeau right to blame Canadian wildfires on climate change?”
NO! things do not spontaneously combust at 37°c!
Good Forest management does not prevent forest fire, it lessons them and regulates their size,makes them easier to control.
As I’ve mentioned, 85% of all wildfires are started by human activity! Find out how they started and put this “it was Climate change whot done it” crap to bed!
Damn right.
I work on moorland farms and moorland does not self-ignite, it needs assistance.
“Wildfires” – in the UK. It’s BS.
“Lockdown finished Boris – but for all the wrong reasons”
Boll#@ks to Bunty! We need a new fresh pool of right minded, free thinking, level headed, common sense leaders to make a decent proper future for all of us! Ditch all these corrupted arse holes and bring in the likes of DeSantis, Penn, Pierre Poilievre!
Let’s move on , Boris has nothing new! Stop hanging on!