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Old Posted Apr 22, 2021, 7:30 AM
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Originally Posted by twister244 View Post
I will be curious to hear about how things are in the UK....

I booked a one-way plane ticket to London for the end of August (spending a month in London). Hoping I hedged correctly and things are mostly back to normal there by then.
I wouldn’t hold out hope for “normal” by August or at any point this year, but the situation may be something like last summer.

The nanny state overreach is extreme over there, and the government is going overboard now (what they call “being conservative”) due to the criticism they took for not imposing stricter measures last spring. Plus the UK is a gerontocracy and until the last old bag is satisfied that she’s safe from Covid the Telegraph and Mail will make sure they are all living like semi-prisoners.

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The US State Dept advises against travel to the UK.

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/articl...s-16118369.php
Why would you think anyone cares?
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