AIBU to ask if the quarantine is being enforced and what the fine is?

[alittleisland]

I keep hearing about people coming back from Spain or wherever and not quarantining for 14 days. I thought that there could be random checks and if you were caught out, there was a big fine. Or did I dream this?

@Splodgetastic

One of my friends just came back from Spain and was visited by the Border Force. They installed some cameras in her house (at the door) to make sure that she doesn’t leave during the 14-day quarantine period. Believe me, the government is taking this as seriously as they take everything else.

Take that how you will.

With a HUGE pinch of salt.

Thsts complete and utter rubbish 😂

Don’t believe they installed cameras in her house. Pretty sure that’s illegal.

Im thinking that you can fill your car up on the way home? It says you can go to a hotel, but what about petrol if you pay at the pump?

We booked France late last year and are due to go next week. We are, as yet, undecided. I've been WFH since March and quarantine shouldn't be too much of an issue, but its a long drive from Folkestone to the north east (not too far from Barnard Castle actually), but if DC can then surely so can I? If we go that is, we might not yet.

Where I live it’s prison if you are caught breaking the 14 days self isolation

I'm a teacher (Scotland) and we had 3 families (with 2 or 3 kids each) return and despite having to quarantine (all Spain) turned up at school on Wednesday our first day back, blatantly breaking this rule. One family only returned the day before. They'd all plastered their hols over FB or Insta so other families, quite rightly outraged, reported them. I saw one of the mums in M&S, again blatantly breaking the rules & shopping. Makes everyone mad!!

Pay the fine or do the time and ignore the bullshit.

They don't have the resources to phone everybody, but they are installing cameras??

Pull the other one!

Well if there's not enough border force staff to patrol the border who's gonna man the cameras bojos mutt praps?

I think unless the curtain twitchers call on you, it's only to discourage people.

@shalo2

Where I live it’s prison if you are caught breaking the 14 days self isolation

Glad I don't live in a police state like that. Had enough of that growing up.

@Kinneddar

Just looked at Waitrose and there are no delivery slots up to 30 August. Apparently you need to check back every day or starve

Or try other places. Asda Tesco Morrisons and Iceland are all showing slots avsilable every single day- tomorrow included

Because everyone in the entire UK lives near multiple supermarkets, all of whom offer online delivery .

UK Border force are at the border
cameras in houses is la la land

@Splodgetastic

One of my friends just came back from Spain and was visited by the Border Force. They installed some cameras in her house (at the door) to make sure that she doesn’t leave during the 14-day quarantine period. Believe me, the government is taking this as seriously as they take everything else.

Take that how you will.

I think your friend is telling porkies there.

@Splodgetastic

One of my friends just came back from Spain and was visited by the Border Force. They installed some cameras in her house (at the door) to make sure that she doesn’t leave during the 14-day quarantine period. Believe me, the government is taking this as seriously as they take everything else.

Take that how you will.

I read things like that, which the poster obviously believes, and I understand why Nigerian princes make such a killing.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, I’ve now completed my 14 days. Number of cameras installed at my house 0, numbers of times I was contacted by phone 0, number of times I was visited 0.

I think some stories are being magnified in the telling, but a handful of people have been fined.

And this might rise as mire people go into quarantine, because for, a behavioural point of view, there will be broadly 3 groups

a) those who will quarantine properly, because it's the right thing to do
b) those who will 'sort of' quarantine, but will leave the house for reasons they think are justified
c) those who will leave the house readily

There need to be enough enforcement to persuade b) that their trips out are not worth the risk of sanction, and to turn the c) group into the b) group.

It'll be interesting to see if it happens.

It was a joke! This government doesn’t even know who is crossing the border, so I doubt it’s that organised. Grant Shapps said his family had had a call. I feel like they have it in for him! Someone I know who recently returned from another country said it does seem a bit daft when you come home from the airport on public transport, but so do a lot of the rules.

@brusselsprout5

I'm a teacher (Scotland) and we had 3 families (with 2 or 3 kids each) return and despite having to quarantine (all Spain) turned up at school on Wednesday our first day back, blatantly breaking this rule. One family only returned the day before. They'd all plastered their hols over FB or Insta so other families, quite rightly outraged, reported them. I saw one of the mums in M&S, again blatantly breaking the rules & shopping. Makes everyone mad!!

So what happened to those families? Did the school send the pupils home?

It took me longer to fill in the Locator Form than it was checked at Customs on entry to the UK.

My boys' schools have several families quarantining and their kids not going to school. My DS3 has missed his first day at high school which is a real shame.

My Locator form wasn't checked at all. They just asked if we had filled it out. No checks. However, we were thoroughly checked before we left.

Well no one bothered to check my neighbours who were all having friends round and having parties during lockdown so I very much doubt there’ll be much checking of quarantine.

I’d be more worried about catching it from my neighbour with their regular parties than someone who’d been in rural France.

I recently did a two week quarantine also after returning from Sweden. Didn't cross my mind to break quarantine. Why would you? If you travel you are aware of the rules and you follow them. No brainer for me.

I'm obviously extremely naive thinking that people would comply with a rule that is set to ensure the safety of the population. Also they do phone and check and also do spot checks so 🤷