Fortunately, we didn't follow your suggestions.
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Just heard on Newstalk 1ZB that in response (from the truth pulpit) to a question on vaccine supply, Cindy’s reply & spin are that ‘Supply is not a problem. Demand has been the problem.’
A play on ‘People are not the problem. The virus is the problem.’ Never mind people escaping from MIQ & circumventing lockdown rules. The virus is to be blamed.
She cannot help herself.
I mean the suggestion made on numerous occasions that we should follow Australia (into their mess).
When Taiwan was looking good you suggested we follow them.
Everything with a bit of hindsight.
You're as bad as Hosking!
You really don't keep up, do you?
That was a week or 2 ago.
There was an expansion on that comment.
She also said that it was a good problem to have (the increased demand).
I suggested a while back that we needed an outbreak to make people take this seriously - up the tracing scans and vaccination bookings.
It's worked - pity people didn't do the right thing earlier.
Totally right re the hosings comparison. Will look up the interview with the two mike hosings again.:t_up:
You are assuming Australia is NSW & Victoria only? Have you had a look at what is happening in WA, Queensland, SA & NT?
Taiwan’s big mistake after successfully navigating the first global outbreak (using minimal lockdown) was to then let its guard down and opened up the country to international flights without adequate safeguards. Airline pilots & crews were allowed to freely enter and leave the country, introducing the virus unchecked until it was too late.
As for supply not being a problem, only you would accept Cindy’s explanation. Front of the queue to last in the queue - that takes some momentous stuff up to achieve.
I don't assume at all.
Maybe you weren't clear when you said we should follow Australia when you meant 'follow Australia but not NSW or VIC'.
So Taiwan made mistakes - we should have followed them? Or did you mean to follow Taiwan in anything that, in hindsight, is successful?
On Vaccination - nice graph here, note the momentum NZ has over Australia and Taiwan (stuttering) in particular.
The Govt always said that the plan was to ramp up as the year went on.
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If you could get over your abject (and un-balanced) hatred of the Labour Government (and the PM in particular) you would see that the vaccination is actually doing well now (some say late but it is ahead of the plan published some time ago).
80k jabs yesterday.
57% of eligible with 1 shot - 30% double.
Importantly 71% of eligible have either had 1 shot or are booked for the shot. Expect that to go up since it is only 3 days since the 12-30 were eligible to book.