Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Anyways just to add to the paranoia I have heard from a number of authoritative sources today - CEO of top 50 company, Senior Clinician at a leading hospital, Partner at a top law firm that we are moving to Lvl 4 for four weeks. Thing is I don't think they have the good oil. I simply feel they are making the same educated guess as me. But when "people in the know" start saying these things it gives what is effectively not even a rumour credibility. Then we do go to Level 4 everyone goes a-ha. But all that's happened is the educated guess was right - which in probability it should be more often than not.
Thats also consistent with the messaging I've been getting from DHB contacts.
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Snowy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
We now have local lock downs and police blockades. That's not going to work either. We have to become a completely free covid free zone and stop people coming in, or give up and let it happen.
I can't see middle ground.
I think middle ground is a bit like what we have in Sydney at the moment. 5-20 cases a day, so it's still around. But pubs and restaurants are open, you can go to the footy, see friends etc. Just a few restrictions to numbers, no big weddings, parties etc. It's close to 'normal' if not quite there.
Community transmission? I haven't been watching SYD. Are they all "new cases" from overseas?
Honestly, having to barricade customers from my business because of 4 people that went in the opposite direction to where I am is just daft.
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@reprobate said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
You silly fluffybunnies realise this is worse pretty much everywhere else right?
Depends on how long you keep getting sent back to your room.
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Whilst thankful that on a personal level that me, the mrs, the folks ( retired obviously ) ex wife, her hubby and most close mates will be fine there are also others I know well that will be well and truly FUCKED if the country has another lockdown even for a couple of weeks.
For their sake I'm hoping for the best but shit a brick, it's not good.
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@Snowy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@barbarian said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Snowy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
We now have local lock downs and police blockades. That's not going to work either. We have to become a completely free covid free zone and stop people coming in, or give up and let it happen.
I can't see middle ground.
I think middle ground is a bit like what we have in Sydney at the moment. 5-20 cases a day, so it's still around. But pubs and restaurants are open, you can go to the footy, see friends etc. Just a few restrictions to numbers, no big weddings, parties etc. It's close to 'normal' if not quite there.
Community transmission? I haven't been watching SYD. Are they all "new cases" from overseas?
Nope, tend to be a few overseas cases each day but the majority are locally acquired. We have a number of 'clusters', but our contact tracers seem to be keeping things relatively stable for now.
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I got takeaway gourmet burgers in Warkworth last night. Bloody delicious. I don't want those places to shutdown again.
The covid boundary for AKL should also have been the Puhoi tunnels. Just because we are "super " city, it wasn't in Wellsford, Warkworth, Te Hana. All small towns that need the financial support.
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@barbarian I guess that would be known cases, but I don't know how you can arrange low rates with any level of social mingling (soooo tempted)? genuine question on how that is working? I presume some pretty decent social distancing etc?
Snap - you'd already answered that
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Snowy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@barbarian said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Snowy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
We now have local lock downs and police blockades. That's not going to work either. We have to become a completely free covid free zone and stop people coming in, or give up and let it happen.
I can't see middle ground.
I think middle ground is a bit like what we have in Sydney at the moment. 5-20 cases a day, so it's still around. But pubs and restaurants are open, you can go to the footy, see friends etc. Just a few restrictions to numbers, no big weddings, parties etc. It's close to 'normal' if not quite there.
Community transmission? I haven't been watching SYD. Are they all "new cases" from overseas?
Nope, tend to be a few overseas cases each day but the majority are locally acquired. We have a number of 'clusters', but our contact tracers seem to be keeping things relatively stable for now.
They doing electronic tracing? Have ordered a QR code for business as they are compulsory next week.
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@taniwharugby so you’re in lockdown too? North Auckland 😉
I’m here all week (because I can’t leave my house here in Melbourne)
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They would be absolutely crazy to go back to level 4, let alone for a month. I really hope those rumors are just dickheads reveling in giving people a worst case scenario story instead of actual oil from inside the government.
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@Snowy Every pub/cafe/restaurant has a log, and you have to sign in if you are eating/drinking there. Some do it electronically, others manually.
Everyone is cautious, but still living life. I'm going out to dinner tonight with a few friends. We've got about 200 active cases in a city of 5 million, so the odds of you picking it up are pretty low.
I have certainly cut down my movements, and most of my friends would be the same, but I'm not too far from a pre-Covid lifestyle.