Look, a new means of public health confinement. Car insurance policies won’t cover accidents if they occur due to unnecessary travel during COVID19 lockdowns. Is that a thing? In the UK, they are warning residents that they may not be covered during prohibited travel.
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Step one, invent a public health crisis. Step two, tell people (despite the complete lack of evidence) that they will be safer from the non-threat-threat if they quarantine at home (again!). Step three, you sneak out to search for toilet paper and collide with someone heading to the hospital.
Motorists could end up paying “thousands” for repairs if they are involved in an accident and have been urged to speak to their insurers to seek clarification about what their policy covers.
If a driver has an accident during a non-essential trip, it is possible the insurer could reject the claim.
Sky News does not elaborate on how or why. They say it’s possible, and of course, it is.
England was already a regulatory mess on a slippery slope to full-blown tyranny. They are back to forced lockdowns with some exclusions in Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland is coming to the close of a 4-week program of restrictions.
Germany, France, Greece, and other European Countries are locking down again.
Domestically, Herr Cuomo has deployed the National Guard to the airports to ensure ‘travelers’ are tested and following his edits.
Case spikes are occurring everywhere but then so what. As noted here, even after 8 months of various forms of foolishness, the data is the same. A supermajority of productive people has almost no chance of suffering serious complications and less chance of hospitalization or death.
Rising cases mean nothing.
The only people in need of quarantine are those at high risk for whom this virus can be fatal, just like Influenza A and B and all the rest.
It would be getting more than just out of hand if Insurance companies can forego coverage becasue a politician suggested restrictions on natural rights—a tack I can see reaching across the pond for deployment on our shores.
Democrat governors looking for more tools would happily pursue this line of reasoning if they thought it would work. Get Insurers to renege on coverage as a means to keep people confined.
I know the UK is not America but given the manifold of infringements over the past 8 months, are you convinced this or something similar would never be attempted?
