What are the implications of Australia's extended travel ban, and how might it affect travel to and from Thailand?

@Roger *******

If it's a new strain then I really hope all travel stops so it can be contained and dealt with instead of it being spread worldwide like it has been so far. Short term pain is better than the even longer pain we will all have if there's a second wave.

@Darren ******

I do not think it is possible to turn back the clock 100 years and people not being able to fly all over the world. If there are new strains of this disease, it is no longer short term pain but will take many years. If ever they can find a cure, or we will just have to live with it like the flu.

@Roy **********

of course you can stop people from flying, it's happening right now. By containing and isolating any new strains then you will also allow other countries to fly as the virus would've been effectively isolated and contained.

@Darren ******

well countries of the world need to shut CHINA the fuck down now. I said this should’ve happened much earlier on the first outbreak. ‘Hindsight’ everyone told me. And now we all have that hindsight, shut China the fuck down now, this morning, and trace everyone who has left China in 14 days. Then trace everyone they’ve been in contact with. And so on. Put them all in hospitals, schools, warehouses, prisons, I don’t give a fuck.

@Dan *******

I think China has an inbound and outbound ban (I could be wrong on this) but yes I agree that China should be completely shut down and isolated right now. Same for US, Brazil, and pretty much all of Europe.

@Darren ******

and mean to say ‘the rest of the world’ should put a lockdown on China, not wait for them to do it themselves. Look back at some of press at the initial outbreak, late dec/early Jan. I found some online, and makes you think, why the fuck did we not ban Chinese (and visitors to) travelling ? If it turns out to be a more friendly virus, and it was an excessive thing to do, we can all recover from a 3-4 week ban on Chinese outward Travel.

@Darren ******

my point being, that this didn’t happen first wave, in Jan/Feb when it should’ve. And you could still fly into the UK in early April, without even a question asked, let alone a temperature check. Friends flew back from Thailand, wearing masks, after passing through 10-15 temperature checkpoints on the way, into Heathrow, and walked straight out. You could fly from Italy at the peak of the virus there. Spain, Iran, etc the same. In APRIL !! The whole world shut down by 28th March, yet 100,000 flew into UK without a check AFTER 1st APRIL, Wether UK citizens or not. I believe Thailand did so very well, as they very quickly scrutinised flights from Wuhan, and then the rest of China. The first known case outside China was CAUGHT, with her travel group at Bangkok airport. I don’t know about any more confirmed cases stopped at any airport controls. That would be good reading.

@Darren ******

Not flying is happening right now, but I do not see people accepting it for a few years.

Many people accepted restrictions as they thought it would be for a few months. But all over the world you can see people getting tired of restrictions after only a few months.

The world already proved they can not contain this.

@Roy **********

it won't be for a few years. The no flying would be to/from infected countries so the virus is isolated and contained.