How safe is it really to go on holiday now?

Nearly 60 countries can now be visited by people living in England without having to go into a two-week quarantine when they return. So whoopee we're off for our hols, says everyone, where shall we go: France, Greece, Spain, Portugal (NO not Portugal), Italy (YES Italy)? Of course it would be wonderful for the airline industry, the tourist industry across Europe and for economies everywhere. But can it really be safe to go from home lockdown to holidaymaking across the European continent withut any form of medical checks? As we know, because we have been told a thousand times, you can have the coronavirus infection without actually having any of the usual symptoms. So it is possible that thousands of English tourists will fly off to European beaches WITH the virus but feeling terrific and happy and then pass it on to a whole range of people: on the beach, in the Mediterranean water, in the bar in the evening, in restaurants, in the hotel etc etc. Social distancing will be impossible with people in holiday mood. I say Engish becaUse the Scots and Welsh and Irish in Northern Ireland are still a few weeks behind in terms of lifting travel restrictions. Two of the big names excluded from the quarantine-free holiday destinations are Portugal and the United States. So unless you are happy to go back down to full lockdown in your home for two weeks when you return, the US and Portugal remain off limits. That's a huge blow for both countries who rely on the good old Brits to come over and spend money. Personally I feel 2020 is the year I cross off as a year wasted, a non-year, a stay-at-home year, a year of saying a holiday would be nice but it's just too risky. Better to have no holidays this year and lots next year, pandemic-willing. But I am sure the lifting of travel restrictions will be seized on by millions who will even now be booking discounted holidays and planning two weeks in the sun. Good luck to them but don't expect to see me under a parasol a metre away. The gathering of hundreds of drinkers in central London yesterday, none of them with social distancing in mind, was enough for me to know that the same sort of scene wll be pictured along the Costa Brava and elsewhere in European resorts throughout July and August. No thank you.