"The US State Department has heightened its travel warning against the UK, now categorising it as ‘Level Four: Do Not Travel’. This is the strongest advisory rating, indicating a “very high level of COVID-19”.
Some 116 countries have also been reclassified as ‘Do Not Travel’, including Canada, France, Germany and Israel. China and Japan remain at ‘Level 3: Reconsider Travel’."
Er. The UK averages 2,500 cases per day. The US averages 65k. An American visiting the UK lowers their risk of catching COVID by about 4/5ths. On the other hand, that American traveller is five times as likely to be infectious as a British person. More British people have also been vaccinated per capita: world-beating programme! So ... the State department is bonkers.
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