And ramp up testing they have - good thing eh!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4SBb465bF0
Enjoy - here's the empty vessel celebrating NZ becoming covid free or is it becoming covid live again?
i am getting confused - please clarify.
That is why for a democracy to flourish, no matter who is in government at the time, a strong opposition is essential. Without Seymour et al asking "nasty" questions, the border shambles would have gone on and we would 100% get community transmission (undetected). Now we will likely get community transmission but it may be contained a lot easier.
So you agree that Comrade Cindy is celebrating the return of covid-19 back to NZ with her jig?
Cannot be because NZ is covid-free as the virus is back on our shores?
She looks rather gleeful, don't you think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4SBb465bF0
Fact is - we do not know until the next few weeks play out as there have been no mandatory testing of returnees before they are released back into the community.
As you know, it just needs one (we had two which were fortunately detected but contact tracing is still ongoing) mingling out there to create a cluster.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12342324
"While we don't want to over-egg the souffle, we have to make the assumption these people have reseeded the infection in the community. We have to act accordingly to quickly re-achieve the elimination."
Gorman said in order to stay safe, people needed to retain hygiene habits - including washing hands and, if they felt unwell, staying at home and getting tested in more serious cases. "I think we can rely on the military to get the border right. They don't have the same lack of discipline you have among many health officials."
Many people have many opinions on this - much conflicting 'expert' opinion.
Gorman also said
"I have just been dumbfounded that all of this stuff wasn't in place in February."
So disagrees with other experts who don't think it was necessary in Feb.
He's certainly right that we should ALL practice good hygiene etc. I am still amazed that everyone seems to think (from the people I see) that it is all over.
This has been a good wakeup call for everyone IMO. Maybe people will start taking it seriously again.