Coronavirus - New Zealand
-
@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
There isn’t a lot of difference for the economy in firing up a bit of online ordering for non essentials for two days.
it's so much more than just retail online though. Construction, trades, basically restarting the (significant) part of the economy that is currently sitting on their hands
Of course the responsibility also falls on those industries to demonstrate they can operate with the appropriate distancing etc of their employees to avoid any chance of community transmission. I am sure a lot of work is going on behind the scenes to have SOPs in place but each industry is unique, and wearing PPE might not be practical in some instances like building sites.
-
@taniwharugby There will be ways to do this but the number of builders for a house build will be very different to a commercial site, for example.
On my walk this morning I went past a new supermarket being built and there have always been tradies working inside/outside.
-
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Bovidae I know some of the building companies had already started rejigging work on sites to limit numbers on site, often just to a single tradie where possible.
One trade on site at a time is compulsory under the standards and procedures anyway.
-
on a purely personal note, I'm just waiting to hear what the overseas travel restrictions will be in the medium term - I have a household lot of goods in storage in Australia that I may not be able to get shipped over for years. It would be nice to have all my books, hobby stuff, paintings and tech gear back.
-
@Crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It would be borderline criminal to extend this lockdown.
That’s getting a bit carried away.
Criminal?I think you can say anything after the word "borderline" and get away with it can't you?
But yeah, criminal is obviously a reach - but I genuinely do think we are entering into some sort of wilful destruction territory.
We have 18 people in hospital total!!!!
The data is now in , we know enough to act faster than we thought we could. There is no magic over the initial 4 weeks, we should be out of this now, and we certainly shouldn't be extending the pain.
-
@SynicBast said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
on a purely personal note, I'm just waiting to hear what the overseas travel restrictions will be in the medium term - I have a household lot of goods in storage in Australia that I may not be able to get shipped over for years. It would be nice to have all my books, hobby stuff, paintings and tech gear back.
I hear you. We have a house in Sydney that we have rented out, stuff in a storage facility there, stuff in our place in Bali, and a few suitcases here in NZ!
-
@Crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It would be borderline criminal to extend this lockdown.
That’s getting a bit carried away.
Criminal?Irresponsible would be the word I’d have used.
After watching that update we are certainly being prepared for another week at least level 4 IMO.
-
@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It would be borderline criminal to extend this lockdown.
That’s getting a bit carried away.
Criminal?Irresponsible would be the word I’d have used.
After watching that update we are certainly being prepared for another week at least level 4 IMO.
Are you serious!???!!!
I didn't see it today - but that's unbelievable!!!!!
-
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It would be borderline criminal to extend this lockdown.
That’s getting a bit carried away.
Criminal?Irresponsible would be the word I’d have used.
After watching that update we are certainly being prepared for another week at least level 4 IMO.
Are you serious!???!!!
I didn't see it today - but that's unbelievable!!!!!
The stats are great, and one of the criteria is the community transmission checks.
Lots of comments along the lines of we have to stick this out, we have to be sure, worries about other countries leaving level 4 too early, having process in place for a potential surge (that they put a week time frame on).
So wouldn’t be surprised if it’s another week.
-
@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It would be borderline criminal to extend this lockdown.
That’s getting a bit carried away.
Criminal?Irresponsible would be the word I’d have used.
After watching that update we are certainly being prepared for another week at least level 4 IMO.
Are you serious!???!!!
I didn't see it today - but that's unbelievable!!!!!
The stats are great, and one of the criteria is the community transmission checks.
Lots of comments along the lines of we have to stick this out, we have to be sure, worries about other countries leaving level 4 too early, having process in place for a potential surge (that they put a week time frame on).
So wouldn’t be surprised if it’s another week.
I hope that the tone is just to ensure people adhere to L4 for the remaining week or so rather than act like we are in L3 already
-
Personally I’d like to see Level 3 this week. Though my guess is that Level 4 might well be extended until ANZAC Monday.
If so, the pitch would probably be on the grounds of not having to return to Level 4 again In the future/concerns about people getting too slack over the long weekend.
50/50? Tomorrow will be very interesting...
-
Getting decent contact tracing in place ahead of any relaxation I think will be the cause of any additional days in level 4. Also I don't think the level 3 we saw prior will be permitted - I'm thinking more a 3.25-3.5 level. The original l;evel 3 was a hastily cobbled together reaction - the powers that be have had a lot more time to assemble the guidelines and detailed explanations this time around - if things are unclear then they should be criticised for that definitely.