The UK has a bizarre approach to Covid which promotes or allows all the wrong behaviours.
If individuals report covid they need to isolate and potentially lose income (depending on job). So many with mild infections don't even test for the virus - better to be ignorant than inconvenienced.
They switch off the track and trace app to avoid being pinged.
There is no obligation to get vaccinated which puts the well being of others at risk.
Regulations and legislation is created around mask wearing. There is a penalty for offending but inadequately policed, and even if fined the cost is trivial.
We have a government which seeks to back both horses - claiming they have implemented restrictions and safeguards, but sufficiently compromised that they can be perceived as not too onerous.
I regard myself as tolerably sensible, law abiding, responsible etc. Yet I find myself having contemplated all the bad behaviours. Vaccinated and boosted, I developed a heavy cold (runny nose, eyes watering). However had a winter beak booked in Spain. So decided not to risk a lateral flow test.
Wife also developed some symptoms with a moderate temperature. Would have been unable to travel anyway so did a LFT which proved positive. I did likewise. Followed by positive PCR.
Reorganised flights, car hire, apartment rental. Needed to complete Spainish passenger locator form. Wife being honest owned up to covid a few days earlier. Arrived in Spain, through passport control after 11/2 hours, then stopped by heallth team and taken to doctor.
Fortunately I had the foresight to get a "fit to fly" test at Boots the previous day and were fortunately invited to stay.
The temptation was to lie on the passenger locator form. Do Spanish immigration systems interface with UK testing to expose this - I haven't a clue. Fortunately all a non-issue - but our month or two in the sun was seriously compromised by being honest.
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