snoop1130 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Border closures, pre-travel tests of little use against COVID-19 spread - EU agency FILE PHOTO: A lorry traffic jam is seen near the German-Polish border in Frankfurt/Oder during the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Germany, March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Border closures do little to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the European Union’s public health agency said, as EU states weigh lifting some travel restrictions imposed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said measures such as testing travellers before departure or temperature screening on arrival are also largely ineffective, though it confirmed that travelling facilitates the spread of the virus. The ECDC said in a report released late on Tuesday that border closures had very negative effects on the economy and were effective only in delaying an epidemic at its beginning and in isolated regions. “Available evidence does not support recommending border closures, which will cause significant secondary effects and societal and economic disruption in the EU,” which normally operates open borders among member states, the agency said. The European Commission, the EU executive arm, recommended in April an easing of travel restrictions first between areas of low contagion, encouraging some governments to reopen borders selectively with countries they deemed safer. But the ECDC report said epidemiological data may not be reliable since European countries do not use a common approach to testing and case reporting, making it impossible to compare the spread of the epidemic. The agency also said that forcing people to undergo a test before travelling may only be of limited value as the traveller may become infectious just before departure or during travel due to the virus’ two-week incubation period. As for screening temperatures on arrival, it said, travellers may already be infectious but without a fever. Questionnaires filled by travellers on their health conditions could offer additional useful information but present data protection risks, the ECDC said, reiterating that immunity certificates issued after antibody tests were not reliable. -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-05-27 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YetAnother Posted May 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said measures such as testing travellers before departure or temperature screening on arrival are also largely ineffective, though it confirmed that travelling facilitates the spread of the virus. ok; but unlike thailand, those member states are not Ruled by prehistoric , shallow, intellectually-challenged ,old generals , as thailand is 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mauGR1 Posted May 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2020 I can't believe that i'm hearing some common sense for the first time since 3 months ???? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mr mr Posted May 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2020 well this doesn't fit the narrative of the last couple months. ooops. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david555 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, mauGR1 said: I can't believe that i'm hearing some common sense for the first time since 3 months ???? It is more related to economic sense than common sense only ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeamonkey Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Fake news, we must have 6 months more of emergency decree to show you that the real, intelligent world are wrong. Get on your knees slaves! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 So another manipulation of the content of another report ! There is one sentence that discloses the truth . "The agency also said that forcing people to undergo a test before travelling may only be of limited value as the traveller may become infectious just before departure or during travel due to the virus’ two-week incubation period." This has been confirmed by the number of returnees to Thailand who eventually are identified as positive. Proper quarantine of all returnees would identify the positives without the pointless requirement of pre-travel tests which are only valid (perhaps) on the day/hour purchased ! As so many reports do it contains a disclaimer to excuse the obvious bias of concerns. Economics. "The ECDC said in a report released late on Tuesday that border closures had very negative effects on the economy and were effective only in delaying an epidemic at its beginning and in isolated regions. " Both aspects are valid to a degree. The original objectives of "Mitigation" was and is to delay the social health impact. "The ECDC said in a report released late on Tuesday that border closures had very negative effects on the economy and were effective only in delaying an epidemic at its beginning and in isolated regions." Economic impact undeniable. Isolated regions? Or is that just a dismissal of economically irrelevant regions? My personal analogy for what has happened is a story involving a donkey pulling a cart. The donkey is the world economy. The cart contains the populations convinced they are on a journey to some wonderful destination and it does not matter who the ones on top are sitting or standing on the others in the bottom of an aged and creaky cart because they have either forgotten or never realized who actually owns both the donkey and the cart ! And the owner/s don't really care too much if the passengers survive or not because the next generation of owners who inherit are confident a new generation of oblivious passengers will climb aboard the next time the same old donkey and cart comes around. The saddest aspect is that those passengers live in the belief they have some control of the donkey because they paid for a ticket to get in the cart. Woe betide any who would be presumptuous enough to provide an alternative donkey and cart ! Oh ho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post baansgr Posted May 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2020 51 minutes ago, mauGR1 said: I can't believe that i'm hearing some common sense for the first time since 3 months ???? So it's no coincidence that countries with no restrictions have tens of thousands of deaths but those that instigated strict border controls are barely even in the hundreds...hhmmm, common sense for sure 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mauGR1 Posted May 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, baansgr said: So it's no coincidence that countries with no restrictions have tens of thousands of deaths but those that instigated strict border controls are barely even in the hundreds...hhmmm, common sense for sure Don't worry too much, if you are scared you can stay at home forever, guess nobody's missing you. Pls forgive the sarcasm, nothing personal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLS Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Unlike Thailand Schengen countries closed its borders only for tourists. Family members of Schengen nationals were allowed in at any time. Family reunification is a basic human right. Only third world banana republics like Thailand don’t respect human rights. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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