Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@mariner4life although given Covid people should have been more aware and alert to flu-like symptoms...
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@mariner4life although given Covid people should have been more aware and alert to flu-like symptoms...
i don't completely disagree, but, you live and die by your messaging.
you also don't know the severity of the symptoms.
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@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
So one of the four cases in South Akl travelled to Rotorua over the weekend when she had symptoms
Some people …..
So sneaky Cindy obviously knew about this last night but chose not to tell the public.
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@mariner4life correct, and they have been saying people have become complacent.
Which is understandable, unfortunately with all the people involved and around the borders (Airline staff, cleaners, hotel staff, those peripheral industires) it was always gonna happen since many werent being tested.
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Why wouldn't you be complacent when the government slaps itself on the back for eliminating the virus?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
So one of the four cases in South Akl travelled to Rotorua over the weekend when she had symptoms
Some people …..
but if there is no Covid in NZ (i know there's none, i saw the celebration on TV) why would you even think you had it? People went places with the flu all the time in 2019
I'm on page with this. Covid free and L1 meant not having stress about those sorts of decisions. I hold no bitterness on that travel.
Wake up call moving forward, though.
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so the 1pm press conferences are about to become the most watched things on NZ TV again...
As above, it feels odd, I know what I and others went through under L4, and it scares me to think the Govt might try to put us back into L4, went to a network meeting this morning, and to say our group was subdued woudl be a bit of an understatement.
I worry for my friends and family, people I know though business, my wifes job is up in the air as one of thier main contracts is an aged care facility, I am pretty sure my job will be ok, but doesnt make any of this shit easier to take.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
so the 1pm press conferences are about to become the most watched things on NZ TV again...
As above, it feels odd, I know what I and others went through under L4, and it scares me to think the Govt might try to put us back into L4, went to a network meeting this morning, and to say our group was subdued woudl be a bit of an understatement.
I worry for my friends and family, people I know though business, my wifes job is up in the air as one of thier main contracts is an aged care facility, I am pretty sure my job will be ok, but doesnt make any of this shit easier to take.
My work is fine ( we actually did better over lockdown ) and the other half is government so we're sitting pretty but I worry about the folks and other friends and family in less than ideal industries.
Support small local businesses, I'm already choosing what breweries to order from if we reach level 4 again.
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@antipodean There have been constant warnings from the government (social media; COVID-19 ads on tv, for example) to stay vigilant. Like staying at home if you're sick (especially if you have cold or flu symptoms), get tested, practise good hygiene (including washing your hands, coughing or sneezing into your elbow and cleaning surfaces), keeping track of where you've been (and downloading the tracer app) etc. People just didn't listen. We were in Level 1, not Level 0.
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@Stargazer I downloaded the App this morning, went somewhere that had the QR Code, was easy to do.
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@Stargazer said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@antipodean There have been constant warnings from the government (social media; COVID-19 ads on tv, for example) to stay vigilant. Like staying at home if you're sick (especially if you have cold or flu symptoms), get tested, practise good hygiene (including washing your hands, coughing or sneezing into your elbow and cleaning surfaces), keeping track of where you've been (and downloading the tracer app) etc. People just didn't listen.
I'm not surprised people didn't listen, they normally don't.
We were in Level 1, not Level 0.
Shops and bars are open, you can pack into the footy. Level one means nothing to ordinary people. They judge by what their restrictions are and if there doesn't appear to be any, they act accordingly.
Remember it was good practise pre-covid to not go out if you had cold or flu symptoms, to not sneeze like a Chinese mainlander, to practise basic hygiene.
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It's really easy to say wear a mask but one thing I'd like to know is where are people getting all these masks they are supposed to wear?
The local chemist beside where I work just told me this morning they haven't had any disposables in stock for weeks, they're on back order. And they're normally priced at $75 for 50, which you'd cut through pretty quickly if you have a family I'd have thought.
The reusable ones are equally difficult to get hold of. Mrs JC ordered a couple last week on the back of the signals from the government. Almost all places she tried online were sold out. The one place she managed to place an order came back pretty soon after accepting the order but saying they'd be delivered the back in stock.
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in aus everyone with a sewing machine seems to be making them and selling them, i see a post or two every day on my local community facebook page, no more than $15-20
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@JC that virologist lady (Siouxie Wiles?) said on TV this morning you can make your own out of an old tee, socks, etc...
My wife bought some on the weekend, was a pack of 20 I think, weren't anywhere near that sort of price.
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@taniwharugby Duke University seems to disagree with Ms Wiles:
Edit: If you can see though it or blow through it, it's probably worse than nothing apparently.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@JC My wife bought some on the weekend, was a pack of 20 I think, weren't anywhere near that sort of price.
Yeah, I know chemists can be pretty gougy, but a buck apiece seems to be pretty much the standard online. But they're pretty hard to come by at the moment.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@JC not all my socks have holes in them!
Ooh, look at you with your posh intact socks!
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bunnings had loads of single use ones in aus too
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@JC said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It's really easy to say wear a mask but one thing I'd like to know is where are people getting all these masks they are supposed to wear?
The local chemist beside where I work just told me this morning they haven't had any disposables in stock for weeks, they're on back order. And they're normally priced at $75 for 50, which you'd cut through pretty quickly if you have a family I'd have thought.
The reusable ones are equally difficult to get hold of. Mrs JC ordered a couple last week on the back of the signals from the government. Almost all places she tried online were sold out. The one place she managed to place an order came back pretty soon after accepting the order but saying they'd be delivered the back in stock.
We got some from here: https://www.masksbykenzy.co.nz/
She's a seamstress who makes them herself. Admittedly it took a week or so. Kids one arrived before we left for holiday but not the adults. But have them all now.