Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
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damn fine cricketer was Shaun pollack
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@Billy-Tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12357747
damn fine cricketer was Shaun pollack
Incredible stats. All those wanking on about Ben Stokes ( whose batting of late has been very good I will admit ).......take a look at how good Pollock was. Easily the best Ginga All Rounder of all time.
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@MN5 said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Billy-Tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12357747
damn fine cricketer was Shaun pollack
Incredible stats. All those wanking on about Ben Stokes ( whose batting of late has been very good I will admit ).......take a look at how good Pollock was. Easily the best Ginga All Rounder of all time.
He's got nothing on prime Frans Botha.
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12357981
I've been pushing for the army to run the quarantine for ages. Apparently Winnie agreed with me, which is concerning
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Any different from the days when pilots would stay up all night drinking and fucking and then have a hair of the dog before firing the engines?
When did they stop that? Fuck, glad that I gave up when I did.
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If Adern is warning against "border perfection" - I.E. expect there to be issues at the border and breaches - then why in the ever living fuck are we striving for complete elimination? That means we have to keep locking down every time it gets in. Which is just such a fucking absurd idea I don't even know where to begin. We are facing economic ruin at the hands of an idiotic government.
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@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
If Adern is warning against "border perfection" - I.E. expect there to be issues at the border and breaches - then why in the ever living fuck are we striving for complete elimination? That means we have to keep locking down every time it gets in. Which is just such a fucking absurd idea I don't even know where to begin. We are facing economic ruin at the hands of an idiotic government.
She is being ridiculous. Perfection, as we have already seen, is unattainable. What I expect is a robust testing regime for border and quarantine workers. Just as Trump has his sleepy Joe, we have our clueless Cindy
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@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan She is just trying to setup her opponents/critics as asking for something unattainable. Where in realtity we are asking for basic competenance and a primary school understanding of the world quarantine.
The opposition parties need to focus on the testing. That is the real crime here
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"And we can produce for Australia, for New Zealand, for our South Pacific region to help others."
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@Tim said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
"And we can produce for Australia, for New Zealand, for our South Pacific region to help others."
Tim, what are your thoughts on this. Do you think this is near future (2020, early 2021) or quite some time away?
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It would also be nice if at the press conferences they could have someone talking about the predicted economic impacts of the lockdown and what that means in layman's terms to people in New Zealand. Really lay that out so NZers actually know what we are getting ourselves in to.
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@Hooroo Some phase III trials might end in that period, but with manufacturing lag I'd expect mid 2021 at the earliest, and availability in NZ for end 2021 at the earliest. Could be wrong, haven't checked timelines again recently.
Big trials don't always go to plan (vast majority of new drug candidates fail), so it's good that there are about 20 candidates in trials.
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@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Really lay that out to NZers actually know what we are getting ourselves in to.
Sadly I think that most of us already know - we just don't want to talk about it - or hear it...which is why they don't say anything.
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@Snowy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Really lay that out to NZers actually know what we are getting ourselves in to.
Sadly I think that most of us already know - we just don't want to talk about it - or hear it...which is why they don't say anything.
See I don't know about that. I think plenty are in denial, or don't appreciate the linkage between gov debt and their economic future.
You're making the mistake of assuming that the extraordinary levels of intellect in the Fern is representative of the wider population 😉
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@Hooroo my brother in law works in pharma (cancer drugs most recently) and he said the other day not to expect anything before mid 2021, they'll want to do pretty full on testing before rolling out something to pretty much the whole world
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Snowy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Really lay that out to NZers actually know what we are getting ourselves in to.
Sadly I think that most of us already know - we just don't want to talk about it - or hear it...which is why they don't say anything.
See I don't know about that. I think plenty are in denial, or don't appreciate the linkage between gov debt and their economic future.
You're making the mistake of assuming that the extraordinary levels of intellect in the Fern is representative of the wider population 😉
There's probably a bit of a disconnect between people that are out of work right now, and people that are still sitting pretty in their job thinking it won't happen to them.
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@No-Quarter thats a little harsh, im lucky enough to still be working (lockdown in melbourne) but am very much aware no work might be just around the corner and have been, if not planning for, keeping an eye on how to keep going without the same income
i hear all this talk about people spending up large online shopping during lockdown on social/press but when i actually talk to my work mates/friends they all seem to have been trying to save a penny (no tolls, public transport, bought lunch) in case the worst happens
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@No-Quarter Economic activity for the June 1/4 was down 13% nationally although some of the regions did much better.
The month of June was 0.9% up on 2019 while July was up 2%.
Largely fueled by consumer spending.
Sept /Oct would have been the crunch months as the wage subsidy came off but second lockdown has muddied the waters.
General economic consensus appears to be that NZ economy is weathering the pandemic better than most, validating to an extent govt's assertion of a go hard go early approach is better for health and economic outcomes.
Clear evidence that while sports journo's and AB selectors follow the Fern assiduously, economists do not.