The lack of certainty on a timeline for border reopening continues to play havoc. Couples and families have been torn apart for up to 18 months. People have missed births, marriages, deaths, funerals – and months and months of their lives together. They are being denied basic human rights in my mind – for no logical reason. It’s time to move on from blanket bans – well and truly. The kind of scenario played out in the following tweet (and over and over) is heartbreaking – if you have a heart. Meanwhile, frustration in Europe and the US among long-split couples is escalating. Likewise, for European business and leisure travelers, of course, wanting to head to the US.