In pace with the World Health Organization (WHO), the British government has urged its citizens to refrain from all non-essential travels.
Moreover, citizens were instructed to practice social distancing by staying at least 6 ½ feet (2 meters) apart from each other.
However, as you can see below, popular tourist spots and various communal areas continued to be packed with people who blatantly ignored the government’s orders.
Social media users have coined the term ‘Covidiot’ to those who were blatantly exposing the health of themselves and others to danger during an unprecedented viral outbreak that has swept the entire global community.
While the government isn’t discouraging all outdoor activities, British Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick made it clear that large crowds picnicking together in parks and beaches were “insensible”.
Local governments and residents have started vocalizing their concerns and complaints. The police chief of Cumbria issued a statement urging people to refrain from visiting as residents are “no longer conducting business as usual”.
The same message was echoed at the opposite tip of England in Cornwall, where the tourist board released a statement asking potential tourists to postpone their trips.
The same message was echoed at the opposite tip of England in Cornwall, where the tourist board released a statement asking potential tourists to postpone their trips. In Wales, a straightforward sign reading ‘No non-essential travel. So why are you here?’ was put up.
The novel coronavirus has been shown to extremely infectious. Keeping an adequate distance has yielded promising preliminary results in ‘flattening’ the curve. By exercising self-quarantine and social distancing, the potential number can be reduced by 99%.
The lack of medical infrastructure in many of the rural areas that the tourists visit is another problem. In the highlands of Scotland, the nearest hospital is a 100 miles away with one doctor responsible for 100 tourist accommodation enterprises dispersed along a highway.
In these turbulent times, it is vital to understand that you can very easily put the well-being of yourself and others at risk. If you are a compassionate traveler, postpone those trips for just awhile!
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