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<blockquote data-quote="stewart" data-source="post: 6960664" data-attributes="member: 42710"><p>NZ is a small country, slightly larger than the UK but still relatively small. International travellers from overseas were around 4m per year add to that the 3m kiwis travelling overseas and returning each year and we have 7m overseas arrivals, or around 140% of the population.</p><p></p><p>What is the point you are trying to make?</p><p></p><p>NZ has done quite well so far in containing Covid-19 part of that is due to our geographic location which undeniably gives NZ an advantage, but look at what else they did.</p><p></p><p>When the UK was promoting herd immunity and Boris was shaking hands with coronavirus patients NZ shut its borders and put some of the strictest lockdown rules in the world in place.</p><p></p><p>The daily updates from the government showed strong leadership and were well communicated, no dodging around awkward questions and when a minister got out of line was swiftly dealt with.</p><p></p><p>The stats between the two countries are quite startling.</p><p>NZ - total cases 1504, recovered 1481, deaths per m 3, active cases as at today 1</p><p>UK - total cases 271,222, recovered ?, deaths per m 562, active cases as at today ?</p><p></p><p>It may well turn out that NZ has taken the wrong course and we could be stuck in isolation from the rest of the world for years to come, who knows? Only time will tell, but instead of looking for excuses for the cluster fu¢k that the UK et. al. are in perhaps some accountability needs to be taken by those that put them there and a bit of credit given where it is due to those that have handled the pandemic more responsibly, NZ is one of them as is South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Germany.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stewart, post: 6960664, member: 42710"] NZ is a small country, slightly larger than the UK but still relatively small. International travellers from overseas were around 4m per year add to that the 3m kiwis travelling overseas and returning each year and we have 7m overseas arrivals, or around 140% of the population. What is the point you are trying to make? NZ has done quite well so far in containing Covid-19 part of that is due to our geographic location which undeniably gives NZ an advantage, but look at what else they did. When the UK was promoting herd immunity and Boris was shaking hands with coronavirus patients NZ shut its borders and put some of the strictest lockdown rules in the world in place. The daily updates from the government showed strong leadership and were well communicated, no dodging around awkward questions and when a minister got out of line was swiftly dealt with. The stats between the two countries are quite startling. NZ - total cases 1504, recovered 1481, deaths per m 3, active cases as at today 1 UK - total cases 271,222, recovered ?, deaths per m 562, active cases as at today ? It may well turn out that NZ has taken the wrong course and we could be stuck in isolation from the rest of the world for years to come, who knows? Only time will tell, but instead of looking for excuses for the cluster fu¢k that the UK et. al. are in perhaps some accountability needs to be taken by those that put them there and a bit of credit given where it is due to those that have handled the pandemic more responsibly, NZ is one of them as is South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Germany. [/QUOTE]
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