Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@gt12 said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
So Kiwis cant get in to Oz at the moment?
I think we can but I'm not sure, I just wouldn't want to risk it with the govt over here ... I once walked past a guy who had just hopped off a Harley Davison.
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My mate was telling me the vaccination super centre in Auckland has a capacity of 150 people per day? Surely that's not right?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
My mate was telling me the vaccination super centre in Auckland has a capacity of 150 people per day? Surely that's not right?
Probably half right. Which is the best kind of right for rumours.
The country's first large-scale Covid-19 vaccination clinic opened in South Auckland today, marking another step forward in New Zealand's vaccine roll-out plans.
Director general of health Ashley Bloomfield said around 150 people a day will get vaccinated at the East Tamaki clinic initially.
"We plan to rapidly increase these numbers over the coming week," he said.
Two other vaccination centres will open in the coming weeks, one in West Auckland and one in central Auckland.
That's from a herald article from 2 weeks ago.
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FUCK YOU JACINDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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according to the online tool, I'll be able to get vaccinated from July
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
FUCK YOU JACINDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More flippancy on stealing time from everyone. I think we all understand that once the bubble opens, it will always be precarious. But I don't see why the work hasn't been done to give us dates now rather than making us wait another 2 weeks.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
My mate was telling me the vaccination super centre in Auckland has a capacity of 150 people per day? Surely that's not right?
Meanwhile the UK vaccinate 8 people per second!
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@majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It would be madness to open a travel bubble at this point in time when fully vaccinated isn't that far away. Surely you'd have to expect it to close again within a couple of months.
I dont get that. We have 2 countries who have effective elimination. While both their borders stay shut to everyone else, why wouldn't you allow travel between the 2?
What you have to manage, is when you eventually open your borders to the rest of the world, and coordinate that in some way. Shouldn't be a show stopper.
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@voodoo All the above is true, but it's not quite my point. There have been small outbreaks in both countries, and these will continue. What happens to the travel bubble then? My guess it immediately shuts and people on the other side of the ditch are stuck.
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@majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo All the above is true, but it's not quite my point. There have been small outbreaks in both countries, and these will continue. What happens to the travel bubble then? My guess it immediately shuts and people on the other side of the ditch are stuck.
Yeah, I think Cindy made that clear today, it's caveat emptor for the traveller, expect a potential 3 day hit if we see an outbreak.
Personally I'd take that risk over a known 14 day hotel Q at the outset. That said, I also have the luxury of passports, which I know many don't
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
according to the online tool
You referring to a specific poster, or all of us?
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@majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo All the above is true, but it's not quite my point. There have been small outbreaks in both countries, and these will continue. What happens to the travel bubble then? My guess it immediately shuts and people on the other side of the ditch are stuck.
This will discourage many from travelling for a while. Not everyone will want to run the risk of being locked out
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo All the above is true, but it's not quite my point. There have been small outbreaks in both countries, and these will continue. What happens to the travel bubble then? My guess it immediately shuts and people on the other side of the ditch are stuck.
This will discourage many from travelling for a while. Not everyone will want to run the risk of being locked out
spot on.
But a number of folk will take the chance - and it's up to them to consider travelling or not. Lockdowns should reduce as the vaccine rolls out
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo All the above is true, but it's not quite my point. There have been small outbreaks in both countries, and these will continue. What happens to the travel bubble then? My guess it immediately shuts and people on the other side of the ditch are stuck.
This will discourage many from travelling for a while. Not everyone will want to run the risk of being locked out
Insurance won't cover accommodation or amended flights in that situation either. It will become very expensive.
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@bovidae said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo All the above is true, but it's not quite my point. There have been small outbreaks in both countries, and these will continue. What happens to the travel bubble then? My guess it immediately shuts and people on the other side of the ditch are stuck.
This will discourage many from travelling for a while. Not everyone will want to run the risk of being locked out
Insurance won't cover accommodation or amended flights in that situation either. It will become very expensive.
Not to mention work absence. I'm not sure employers will be very happy to suffer losing staff because they got stuck abroad on holiday
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@majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It would be madness to open a travel bubble at this point in time when fully vaccinated isn't that far away. Surely you'd have to expect it to close again within a couple of months.
At the speed we are moving here, full vaccination is still 12 months off