New Zealand acknowledges it can no longer
completely get rid of the coronavirus
Associated Press,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
10/4/2021 1:25:52 PM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand's government acknowledged Monday what most other countries did long ago: It can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a cautious plan to ease lockdown restrictions in Auckland, despite an outbreak there that continues to simmer. Since early in the pandemic, New Zealand had pursued an unusual zero-tolerance approach to the virus through strict lockdowns and aggressive contact tracing. Until recently, that elimination strategy had worked remarkably well for the country of 5 million, which has reported just 27 virus deaths. While other nations faced rising death tolls and
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 10/4/2021 1:47:32 PM (No. 934880)
Attention Kiwis - - Another thing which you can't cure completely is - - stupidity.
Look it up - - you may learn something.
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NZ did the opposite of Sweden and they will really pay a price whenever they fully end the draconian lockdowns. All they've done is delay the inevitable spread of the virus.
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Can we have our freedom back now... Pretty please?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
seamusm 10/4/2021 2:07:15 PM (No. 934913)
Welcome to wisdom. Only fools think they can control nature. At best we manage but a little.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Historybuff 10/4/2021 2:09:07 PM (No. 934916)
You can’t eliminate the common cold ya dummmasses how do You think you can go to zero on COVID ? You WANT it to mutate to harmless
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
qr4j 10/4/2021 2:18:18 PM (No. 934928)
I respect the rights of other countries to do what is best for its citizens -- as long as the citizens agree freely (not agree under duress). What is best for one country may not be best for another.
My concern regarding the Aussie and Kiwi approaches to COVID-19 is that, in the end, they won't stave off the inevitable (i.e., lots of infections and many deaths). I'm not saying I like America's way better. I prefer freedom. And I prefer science not riddled with politics, be they right, left, or center.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Schnapps 10/4/2021 2:33:30 PM (No. 934950)
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, aka Rosa Kleb, has figured out that a zero-tolerance approach to a virus through strict lockdowns has turned a nice country into a concentration camp. She is also cozying up to China. Time for Kiwis to call for a no confidence vote in the PM and her resignation.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bad-hair 10/4/2021 2:34:43 PM (No. 934951)
No sweat Kiwis. Doc Fuzzy and Slow Joe say all you need for herd immunity is 98 percent. Sometime after CHRISTMAS. Keep flattening that curve.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
skacmar 10/4/2021 3:05:12 PM (No. 934981)
New Zeeland has hopefully vaccinated their population while keeping them in isolation. Once they emerge from their isolation from each other, the virus will do what viruses do and jump from person to person and spread across the country quickly. Having people vaccinated will hopefully avoid the explosion of infections that could occur. They will find that in the long run, the year and a half of lockdown was counter productive to their nation.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 10/4/2021 3:18:10 PM (No. 934998)
This woman is a major a..... and the Mother From Hell. But this is what the Kiwis want, but we must never have here--a bossy, hard-headed woman unless she's a conservative Republican and the second coming of Margaret Thatcher.I know a New Zealander who left decades ago told me that Auckland on the North Island and nation's capital is the welfare capital of the South Pacific. If you want free stuff down there, that's where one goes.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Omen55 10/4/2021 3:20:54 PM (No. 935003)
Science works.
Polys don't!!🤦♀️😒
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
harleynyc 10/4/2021 3:51:24 PM (No. 935038)
false positives, provided by the New-world you know whos.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 10/4/2021 4:04:15 PM (No. 935055)
It was never anything more than a foolish dream.
Unworkable from the start.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 10/4/2021 4:07:34 PM (No. 935059)
The "vaccine " doesn't prevent infection or transmission. Useless to stop the spread of the virus and it is forcing the virus to mutate into a vaccine resistant form.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
cor-vet 10/4/2021 4:22:31 PM (No. 935076)
Just find Bob Barrs rules of the universe- The world is full of idiots, and listen to his current story. It pertains to Auckland, NZ cops arresting people for transporting Kentucky Fried Chicken, which is against their lockdown laws.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
MickTurn 10/4/2021 4:56:05 PM (No. 935106)
Not when you're creating superspreaders with the Vax's...
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"No longer?" Attention AP: No nation ever could get "completely rid" of any disease.
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They tried a complete lockdown over 1 case. There are now 1,300 cases. I wouldn't be surprised if the number of cases explodes since the virus has yet to run its course in the country.