Shamelessly giving us a chance to eliminate covid and get back to some form of normal but after seeing lines of braindead people queueing close together at fast food centres in some sort of risk on justification beggars belief.
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Shamelessly giving us a chance to eliminate covid and get back to some form of normal but after seeing lines of braindead people queueing close together at fast food centres in some sort of risk on justification beggars belief.
I disagree. Yes, there have been inconveniences and yes, there has been an effect on businesses and the economy. But it has been for a very short period of time in the grand scheme of things. In two weeks we will probably be down to Level 2, which will be pretty close to “normal” life again. I can’t speak for public surgeries, but elective surgery has resumed at at least one private hospital - my daughter is back in theatre this week. Everything at her hospital is now back to normal. All of us have missed out on contact with loved ones but we will pick up where we left off. We should be grateful for the technology we have at our disposal as it has allowed us to keep in touch with our families and friends. Our rest home residents have enjoyed catching up with family/friends via Zoom, phone calls and video links via Messenger on their phones etc. They have even been able to see and talk (yell!) to visitors outside the building from a “safe” area set up with barriers to ensure a safe physical distance between people. And guess what? None of them are complaining. Not about the lockdown. Not about being isolated. Not about being restricted. Not about the government. Because most of them have lived through tough times in the past and they understand that these restrictions are to protect us all. Yes, no doubt people dealing with mental health issues, may well be struggling right now, but my guess is they would prefer that for a short time, than they would a stay in the covoid19 ward.
Nothing in life is perfect. It just isn’t. Yet you and others seem to think perfection exists. If you are so disappointed with the way NZ has handled this, maybe you should go live in Trumpland. Then you would have something real to complain about.
Telling someone to go live somewhere else when their own place has been turned on its head without their consent is a little extreme...I think anyway.
The one word of your post in BOLD is important.
The REAL consequences will be seen in the dole queue, the insolvencies, the mortgagee sales, the drug use, the health statistics, the suicides.
That is one seriously huge generalisation, which you are using as propaganda to serve your own agenda. The government has always supported the unemployed and that will not change. Yes, no doubt some people who find themselves unemployed now, will experience depression and/or anxiety. That is a normal reaction to a sudden change in one’s circumstances. Those with current mental health issues may find those are compounded right now, but they will be supported. The vast majority of people who now find themselves unemployed will not fall into a pit of depression and will not contemplate or commit suicide. With support from the government, social assistance, support from NGO and charitable agencies, support from family and friends - they will get through it. Maybe you could channel your anger into helping someone in that situation in some way? Volunteer to make daily calls to people, to mentor them in something you have skills in. Donate some of your investment income to agencies supporting people. Do something meaningful and proactive to help somebody else. One thing I can tell you for sure - you will get more joy, more satisfaction and more happiness out of focusing on others, than you will ever get from trying to win your arguments here. It is so easy to sit at home ranting and raving, day after day. All that has done is make you bitter. It is also not good for your health. None of your protestations have achieved anything. Nothing. Neither have mine, but at least I get out every day and focus on serving other human beings. Which is far, far more beneficial.
There has been some research done on this topic. For every 1% increase in unemployment costs about 500 lives in a NZ context if we extrapolate the data from the US (pop 330m, NZ pop 5m). So yes increase in unemployment has a huge cost and that is forgetting the flow on effects to the rest of society as well...
You seem rather naive or arrogant as well. You "protest" on here and say that you at least get out every day etc etc. How do you know that Jonu, or anyone else for that matter does not do exactly the same? (btw your work does not count because you do that for remuneration) I am talking about the extra things we do to help others. You cannot judge someone by the arguments they posit on a share trading site.
Justakiwi means well but I sincerely believe she is so besotted with Cindy she cannot accept Saint Cindy can do any wrong.
Question left unanswered - What is the flow in effect of the ‘strictest lockdown in the world’ on incremental unemployment & the effects in social & health problems?
Will only require another $5m from this government’s unlimited budgets for studies & reports into all manner of things.
But don’t expect this government to commission such a report - because it will show this lockdown on the negative side.
Sad.