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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    Also all surveys say that business are the least keen to start travel again. Any travel will be minimal compared to 2019 levels, I used to jump on a plane for work meetings in region (EMEA) with no approvals needed and out of region approvals taking 5 minutes. Now the equivalent would require a...
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    Having been through both downtown Cairns and SP in the last 5 years I have to say the businesses in Cairns and SP had headed down the path of being pretty horrible and relying on international trade of people who had been dumped there on tours, backpackers, others who weren’t able to be...
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    I’ll be very interested how things go for the border shutting crew at state and federal level when the Australian population see people travelling, families meeting, events etc in the northern hemisphere. Now if it backfires and by autumn it’s all in lock down again they will be smugly saying...
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    I agree entirely with your observations here. As you say the reporting and broad interpretation of the AZ v Pfizer issue has been handled badly by the media and government. Real world experience here in the UK shows no efficacy difference in any age group including the very oldest and in some...
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    Utter madness, I am not sure what is to be gained by rubbishing the vaccines, ignoring strong and growing evidence that they limit transmission and advocating isolationism that really hasn’t been seen in a Western democracy ever. The government is whipping this virus into a monster that...
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    Yes Singapore is Green on the UK system. The only route where the UK system would allow you to be quarantine free on arrival is Aus ie MEL/SYD-SIN-LHR (or other UK airport), any stop over in another location which is Amber or Red would mean your routing was now classed with the highest rated...
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    With regards to Seychelles, Chile have found the first dose of Sinovac is very specific in its lower efficacy than any other vaccine… sadly Chile are paying the price with that. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3128886/chile-covid-19-vaccination-drive-adds-sinovac-efficacy-data...
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    I’ll be very interested to see how the Pfizer as panacea for the government needing to actually drive public health messaging and a sense of jeopardy re not getting vaccinated goes. Emerging data shows Pfizer and other mRNA vaccines are potentially involved in other types of rare clots also. It...
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    I think facilitating hours that keeps Qantas pilots for the 787s certified and generating some cash flow for the national carrier given what restrictions are doing to their business is probably written off as a national good. I think it’s fine we use Qantas, we just need to be a bit smarter...
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