BA removes requirement for masks from Wednesday
Mar 14, 2022, 11:53 am
#46
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Maldives! Fantastic, I’m jealous. Enjoy the normality in a beautiful environment. 🏖
Mar 14, 2022, 11:55 am
#48
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https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news...eath_in_the_us
Yup...and that's what we get. Mental confusion = mental mistakes from wearing a mask all the time.
Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.
Yup...and that's what we get. Mental confusion = mental mistakes from wearing a mask all the time.
Mar 14, 2022, 11:55 am
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Mar 14, 2022, 12:03 pm
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You say spike, I say "time the UK ran out of test kits so stopped testing because there were far too many cases for far too long".
Mar 14, 2022, 12:04 pm
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Mar 14, 2022, 12:07 pm
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If the testing's still needed to go to the US, I would suggest doing a self-lockdown before flying there now (so you don't get covid and lose all your non-refundable bookings) and, well, I suppose with no testing to get on the plane back, just expect to get Covid on the return, and self-isolate accordingly. Unless you are a Tory MP that is.
That's the plan for our trip to SF next month.
That's the plan for our trip to SF next month.
Mar 14, 2022, 12:07 pm
#53
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it's largely irrelevant, but i've seen a huge spike in cases in the last few days.
of course very few are dying these days so people aren't so bothered. mild brain shrinkage may be showing signs however.
of course very few are dying these days so people aren't so bothered. mild brain shrinkage may be showing signs however.
Mar 14, 2022, 12:08 pm
#54
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This has a fairly small impact on me as a passenger, but I’m very happy for the crew. They must be a pain, both to wear (for hundreds of hours per week), and to have to enforce / resolve disagreements between passengers.
Mar 14, 2022, 12:08 pm
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Even if you were right that would just show that the infection fatality rate was even lower than thought, and weaken the argument for restrictive measures still further.
Mar 14, 2022, 12:09 pm
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i just remained puzzled by the idea a simple mask somehow prevents me from ‘living again’ when from my perspective it’s a useful risk mitigation tool to significantly reduce the odds that any of the four different hiking trips I’ve got booked for 2022 will get derailed by long Covid.
Mar 14, 2022, 12:13 pm
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Will it still be required in airspace over the countries that still enforce it? Flying SEA-LHR on the 18th and can't wait to be legal!
I'm a mask advocate so will probably wear it most of the time, but it will be nice to have an option.
I'm a mask advocate so will probably wear it most of the time, but it will be nice to have an option.
Mar 14, 2022, 12:14 pm
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Mar 14, 2022, 12:16 pm
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At least now everyone gets what they want. You can choose to wear or not wear a mask moving forwards.
Mar 14, 2022, 12:21 pm
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Yes, having spoke to a few long haul staff on flights, they really don't want to be wearing them either - or being a nanny telling people to put it on all the time (most have turned a blind eye on recent flights ive been on)