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Quarantine exemptions for the elites

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  • AxtremusA Away
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    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55162318

    “Quarantine rules to be relaxed for business travellers

    The rules will be relaxed for top bosses of foreign multinational firms visiting English branches and bosses at firms planning to invest.

    Returning executives will also be exempt from quarantine.

    In each case, the business trips must result in a deal which creates or preserves 50 jobs or leads to a £100m investment or order, according to the Department for Transport.
    ...
    Performing arts workers, TV production staff, journalists and recently signed sports professionals will also be exempt, the government said.
    ...”

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      If quarantines are about balancing epidemiological risk with economic cost, then these are the types of decisions that will emerge.

      You were warned.

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      • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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        Doctor Phibes
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        I'm all for it!

        Hopefully these top bosses will be regularly meeting with Conservative cabinet members to discuss the lucrative deals.

        I was only joking

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
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          Glenn Reynolds: "It's good to be in the nomenklatura."

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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