• I think the key point is that we are an island - a very connected island, but an island none the less.

    Being an island undoubtedly has benefits when it comes to controlling covid, but we have not realised any of these benefits as part of our plan to mitigate this disease, which seems an oversight.

    One thing that is ignored in this debate is that, for closing the borders to work, you need to have lower rates of community transmission than the areas people are coming in from. Generally, we've failed at that too, so closing the borders will not make a huge difference overall while you have widespread community transmission. It would prevent importing mutations though.

  • One thing that is ignored in this debate is that, for closing the borders to work, you need to have lower rates of community transmission than the areas people are coming in from. Generally, we've failed at that too, so closing the borders will not make a huge difference overall while you have widespread community transmission. It would prevent importing mutations though.

    Good point.

    Also worth noting that, while we are not part of the mainland, we do share an open border with the EU via the NI/RoI.

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