The current system is as watertight as a colander. The goal, surely, must be to prevent infection arriving in the UK (as far as possible). Here are the holes in the current UK approach:- you complete the passenger locator form primarily based on two points of verification (1) been vaccinated, (2) purchased a day 2 test- so you can quite possibly be infected with Covid and even the new variant with no checks, neither of the above two points confirm anything about whether you are infected or not- the departure checks are cursory and casual; the airline staff glance at the top sheet of the printed off locator form and usually only want to see a form with the code given for the day 2 test- there is no verification that this is a valid form, or valid code, or any link to you as the passenger apart from your name (and in my experience no-one was checking that either) - it would be very easy to fake any part or all of the form- there is no checking after the departure gate, none, nothing - and nothing to stop people doing anything they like once they arrive in the UK (remember, no-one has been tested at this point)- with the recent changes people are still in the above situation except they are being asked to isolate until they receive confirmation that their day 2 test is negative - how many will?- as noted in my previous post, this means people may be infected, will travel in airports, planes and ground transport all before they are testedSo how is this working if the goal is to prevent infections of the new variant getting into the UK?And please do not call this moaning, that is a pathetic response to a serious question.
Alan Clark ● 1758d