Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@Rapido said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
four people so schools close, bars and restaurants close, too bad if you planned a wedding for Friday and had guests travel to attend.
And people think this is a good idea
Yeah, let's wait until its 100 and then shut down (probably entire country by then) for twice as long but only ever partially reopen. Good plan.
Or
Close down 1 city immediately for a fortnight and then totally reopen.rinse , repeat
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@Toddy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan the timing is right for conspiracy theorists that's for sure.
I've seen a few already, an irony is that if you were going full conspiracy; on current poll results they'd have buried as much as they could until September. Or Jacinda would have done a Muldoon and drunkenly called a snap election for Monday...
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I've already seen three social media posts from 'friends' saying they want the government to lockdown the border completely - no in, no out.
Is that an idea that ppl support?
I felt very "you're not a good enough kiwi for not coming home, so too bad" when I read it. Sadly, some of us can't just bolt there even though we want to.
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@Stargazer said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@gt12 Legally, they can't stop Kiwis (citizens and residents) from coming home.
I know that, although I suspect the government can do something about that if they want.
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@gt12 said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I've already seen three social media posts from 'friends' saying they want the government to lockdown the border completely - no in, no out.
Is that an idea that ppl support?
I felt very "you're not a good enough kiwi for not coming home, so too bad" when I read it. Sadly, some of us can't just bolt there even though we want to.
If they are aiming for elimination, then that's the only way.
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@Stargazer said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
If the media are right, the idiots in the country have started panic buying at supermarkets again. Haven't they learned anything?
We'll be in lockdown level 4 by the weekend 😔
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@gt12 this was a few days ago on the current restrictions at the border:
Most Kiwis want New Zealand's borders to stay shut to non-residents, despite high-powered calls to soften restrictions to ease economic pain.That's according to the NZ Herald-Kantar Vote 2020 poll, suggesting 68 per cent of people think our border policy should be kept as is.
About 29 per cent thought the ban could be relaxed to allow in non-New Zealand residents and citizens, so long as they quarantined for two weeks and paid for it.
The poll further found that, although their city had the most quarantine facilities in the country, Aucklanders were more likely to favour a softening.Full article at: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12354081
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@Stargazer said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
If the media are right, the idiots in the country have started panic buying at supermarkets again. Haven't they learned anything?
Yep. Mate's wife was doing the shopping when the announcement was made about an announcement and then the countdown site crashed.
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I think it's technically possible via epidemic management notices which allows the government the ability to amend legislation temporarily, but longer term requires Parliament to pass legislation which in turn now requires an election (I'm not in favour of doing it, just noting how it might be done). Better to have longer quarantines than that.