Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@MN5 said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Possibly shared on one of the many Foster threads
Waiting for the story about one of them stinking out the toilets next….
ABs don't use toilets at airports for that...<insert play sexy music>
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When the tide goes out you can see who isn't wearing any shorts.
After two and a half years they still want people to buy into this nonsense.
Officialdom is pissing down our necks and telling us its raining.
People have eyes and ears, can see in their own social circles who is sick and for how long.
You don't see self employed people complaining of long covid.
Only welfare scroungers and people with cushy sick pay schemes.
An invisible boogey man used and abused by governments and layabouts alike.
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@Steve TBF, I know a few people who have 'long covid' and they are not lay-about types.
I still havent had covid (that I am aware of) but the people I know that have had it and the flu that has been equally as rampant this winter, say the flu is worse, however the lethargy and energy draining of covid lasts a longer than the flu.
That being said, unless someone has it, Covid is becoming a non-issue aside from the constant attempts of the govt and media to keep it front and centre, and the 'experts' trying to stay relevant.
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@Rapido said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Numbers have been inflated a bit anyway, by the deaths within 28 days metric. I saw on news a few days ago that they were revising that 'back' to counting in a more normal way. That metric really only useful if/when you are getting swamped. When that aired it was going to reduce the death count from 1800ish to 1200ish. So a 33% overcount.
Point of order, isn’t that a 50% overcount?
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Fair enough but there are plenty taking the piss with it.
Had to laugh at John Rahm winning the US Open last year after being nixed the week before for testing positive.
Or WIll Jordan running 60 meters on the angle for a try after being "laid low" with the virus and missing the first test and a half.
Give me a fucking break. Why are they even fucking testing people.
Its a global embarrassment.
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@Steve said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Fair enough but there are plenty taking the piss with it.
Oh I have no doubt about that!!
But I think like the normal flu, some people it knocks you for 6, some barely have any symptoms.
My 17 & 14 yr old kids had the normal flu 6 weeks ago, took the older 4 weeks to get over the flu symptoms, but has had a persistent cough since and ended up with a chest infection, the other took 4 weeks but still has a slight cough...I was a bit off for about 48 hours when they both got it, Mrs TR got nothing at all, all the more surprising as she had had some significant surgery a few days earlier too.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Steve said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Fair enough but there are plenty taking the piss with it.
Oh I have no doubt about that!!
But I think like the normal flu, some people it knocks you for 6, some barely have any symptoms.
My 17 & 14 yr old kids had the normal flu 6 weeks ago, took the older 4 weeks to get over the flu symptoms, but has had a persistent cough since and ended up with a chest infection, the other took 4 weeks but still has a slight cough...I was a bit off for about 48 hours when they both got it, Mrs TR got nothing at all, all the more surprising as she had had some significant surgery a few days earlier too.
That's viruses for you. Every strain can affect you differently, and every individual can react differently. Or similarly. Random as
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this hits keep coming for the ABs....could go here, in a rugby thread and in the alternative to stuff thread....
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@taniwharugby
It does say something about a lack of leadership though.Leaving aside the fact that they are not alone in ignoring the mask mandate it should have been predictable that this would get media attention.
The other thing noticeable in the photo's is the lack of uniform. How they dress makes no difference to how they play, but I'm pretty sure our successful teams of the recent past were usually in uniform at all times Not #1's but something that said they were a team.
Again just another little misstep to incite all the haters that they really can't afford at the moment.
If you've just been humiliated at home in a series you really don't want the narrative to include that you are ill disciplined.
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Review in 2 weeks? Talk about being asleep at the wheel. The rest of us have been trying to get on with it for months. The self isolation rules are plain stupid now. I am sure there are lots of people ignoring isolation rules, and yet where are the mass deaths? Those are observing the rules are suffering financially, mentally, and for what? Meanwhile if you have the flu, which is arguably worse than covid19 right now, you and your household are free to roam and infect others at will. Ridiculous
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Review in 2 weeks? Talk about being asleep at the wheel. The rest of us have been trying to get on with it for months. The self isolation rules are plain stupid now. I am sure there are lots of people ignoring isolation rules, and yet where are the mass deaths? Those are observing the rules are suffering financially, mentally, and for what? Meanwhile if you have the flu, which is arguably worse than covid19 right now, you and your household are free to roam and infect others at will. Ridiculous
That last, desperate grasping of relevancy
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Review in 2 weeks? Talk about being asleep at the wheel. The rest of us have been trying to get on with it for months. The self isolation rules are plain stupid now. I am sure there are lots of people ignoring isolation rules, and yet where are the mass deaths? Those are observing the rules are suffering financially, mentally, and for what? Meanwhile if you have the flu, which is arguably worse than covid19 right now, you and your household are free to roam and infect others at will. Ridiculous
That last, desperate grasping of relevancy
Passengers entering NZ are expected to RAT test a couple of times in the days after they arrive. What the hell for? The focus should no longer be on covid19, but on the importance of staying home if you feel unwell untill you feel better, whatever the cause
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Review in 2 weeks? Talk about being asleep at the wheel. The rest of us have been trying to get on with it for months. The self isolation rules are plain stupid now. I am sure there are lots of people ignoring isolation rules, and yet where are the mass deaths? Those are observing the rules are suffering financially, mentally, and for what? Meanwhile if you have the flu, which is arguably worse than covid19 right now, you and your household are free to roam and infect others at will. Ridiculous
That last, desperate grasping of relevancy
Passengers entering NZ are expected to RAT test a couple of times in the days after they arrive. What the hell for? The focus should no longer be on covid19, but on the importance of staying home if you feel unwell untill you feel better, whatever the cause
What for, and as if they do!
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Review in 2 weeks? Talk about being asleep at the wheel. The rest of us have been trying to get on with it for months. The self isolation rules are plain stupid now. I am sure there are lots of people ignoring isolation rules, and yet where are the mass deaths? Those are observing the rules are suffering financially, mentally, and for what? Meanwhile if you have the flu, which is arguably worse than covid19 right now, you and your household are free to roam and infect others at will. Ridiculous
That last, desperate grasping of relevancy
Passengers entering NZ are expected to RAT test a couple of times in the days after they arrive. What the hell for? The focus should no longer be on covid19, but on the importance of staying home if you feel unwell untill you feel better, whatever the cause
What for, and as if they do!
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@canefan That's true for a lot of countries though.
We are at the Green traffic light now. Just no ones told the government.
In my experience most companies / staff are isolating - for both Covid and flu. Reported flu has now peaked and is below last years levels despite being in lockdown this time last year.
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@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan That's true for a lot of countries though.
> We are at the Green traffic light now. Just no ones told the government.
In my experience most companies / staff are isolating - for both Covid and flu. Reported flu has now peaked and is below last years levels despite being in lockdown this time last year.
This.
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Yeah I've noticed a big increase in the number of people not bothering with masks now, both shop assistants and customers. I haven't worn one in ages.
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@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Yeah I've noticed a big increase in the number of people not bothering with masks now, both shop assistants and customers. I haven't worn one in ages.
I still wear them indoors. But I agree, usage is noticeably down, and non-wearers are not getting death stares from those who do. Just getting on getting on
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@canefan when Mrs TR had surgery a couple of months back, she had to do a RAT for the 4 days prior to it, including the morning of surgery, and they also tested her at the hospital prior to the surgery.
I still wear a mask in shops, oddly, as much now out of habit than anything as I have one in my jacket pocket, I expect over summer when I dont need a jacket I'll stop that habit.
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Probably not strictly the right thread, but man it feels like NZ wasted the lockout of tourists . Driving from Welly to Palmy today, it was pretty disappointing to see that there were still 5 x roadworks amd 3 x closed roads to deal with in a 150km trip put of the capital.
Why haven't they prioritised these sorts of works in the last 12- 18 months?