Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ 23 Jan 2022 17:05)
Mad cuz NZ got to totally reopen for a long ass time due to their strict covid measures.
Why do right wingers hate policies that work?
Auckland, which accounts for over one third of New Zealand's entire population, spent something like 6+ months in hard lockdowns since March 20, plus times with significant restrictions below the lockdown level on top. The country's borders had to be almost hermetically sealed off for two years and the country's sizeable tourism industry is in shambles. Compared with Europe or North America, New Zealand had more days with minimal restrictions, but also more days with hard lockdowns and stay-at-home orders. From a social and economic point of view, it's not as clear-cut that their approach was a winner compared to that of, say, South Korea or Japan. And mind you that we're talking about an isolated, low density island. New Zealand's approach would have been a gigantic failure if tried in the EU or NA.
But that's all besides the point anyway. No need to squabble over the past. The point is that it should be a no brainer that the handling of covid must change once a country has fully vaccinated its entire eligible population like NZ. Even more so when the dominant variant is significantly milder than previous strains. It genuinely baffles my mind that places like NZ or Samoa still stick with these policies in the current situation.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jan 23 2022 11:51am