AGREE, wish it was that simple.
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There are only a few stories about returnees moaning.
Most of them have been about the lack of communication, confusion, ever changing rules & procedures and concern about lack of physical distancing & basic quarantine safeguards.
The ones who care about their health and are concern about being infected by the virus, and potentially to their loved ones when they leave quarantine, are rightly alerting the media - who else are they supposed to voice their concerns when MOH is in disarray?
We should be grateful that they are talking to the media - otherwise we would be blissfully unaware of the mess which passed as quarantine by this government & MOH.
Nobody is over-reacting to the appearance of infections amongst those in quarantine.
The angry and fearful reaction is due to the shambolic, lax & sloppy quarantine practices:
- no testing before leaving quarantine
- no idea still how many left quarantine without being tested
Pathetic apologist for incompetence & false assurances.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/trave...ne-but-no-test
This is why NZers are so angry and pxssed off with the quarantine regime. It was a holiday camp with travellers in quarantine being allowed to mingle and mix without restrictions.
Thank goodness the media & Opposition put the boot into the MOH & the government to wake up and take the quarantine regime seriously.
If they are in 14 days isolation anyway on entry to NZ then what's the point of the test. Lots of fake news out there. I'm glad they are being done now for extra assurance though.
what's the point of the test? Because:
1) by all accounts they are not in 14 day 'isolation' - those arriving on day 13 of someone's isolation my come into contact with them
2) 14 days is just a best guess/pragmatic response to how long the virus may take to present
3) The general public perceive that they have 'taken one for team' by being in lock down, not being able to visit loved ones, losing jobs etc. They categorically want new arrivals to do the same and they don't get the feeling that is happening at the moment
And NZers are rightly outraged - it was a holiday camp with all travellers mingling and mixing. What a freaking joke on all our expense.
What is unbelievable are the feeble attempts to excuse by the shambolic quarantine regime which put all of NZ at risk of an outbreak by the apologists.