Hesi Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 8:05 AM, mardigras said: Stop it Jacinda! Stop It Jacinda Just to add a bit of balance to the cacophony of cries and laments, that even the younger brigade are being turned off by, and shutting down social media accounts Managing Covid, is a huge logistical undertaking, with the book having to be written as we go along, so much is unknown about the virus Many mistakes have been made and lots of things could have been done better. One I heard today, they should have made the southern border at the top of the Bombay Hills, so all the market gardens around Pukekohe had free access to Auckland markets....good thought But by comparison to almost everywhere else in the world, and many of those are advanced countries with far greater resources than us, we have done pretty well. Look at how badly, that bastion of western democracy and technology, the USA, has cocked it up And all this in a climate of social media bile, fake news, conspiracy theorists, manufactured rumours, people with their own agendas that claim Covid is a myth, even the anti vac brigade are having a go, intense scrutiny of every move by 'experts', who quite frankly wouldn't have a clue, and the magnum opus, a buffoon who charades as President of the USA. All in the name of free speech Add to this potential legal challenges, about the legitmacy of any move And the crackpots, that unlike Covid is doing in NZ, seem to increase exponentially every day Every mistake, no matter how small being pounced upon by some journo trying to make a name for themselves How many people would have just said stick it, yet in general, all those handling it, have remain calm and reasoned And finally a sense of reason, and in terms of 'business', you don't get much bigger than this guy Cabinet's review comes as one of the big guns called in to review and fix the border patrol response, Sir Brian Roche, said he felt New Zealanders may have lost a sense of perspective on how well the country had responded to Covid over the past months. "We are the envy of the world. We seem to want to beat ourselves up for every infringement, and as a citizen I find that surprising," Roche told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 And putting paid to another myth: The annual provisional suicide statistics show that in the year to June 30, 2020, there was a drop from 13.93% per 100,000 people to 13.01%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesi Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 I think this was the one that pissed me off the most. People attacking the strategy, claiming the suicide rate would go up. NZ'ers are a lot more resilient than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 53 minutes ago, Hesi said: I think this was the one that pissed me off the most. People attacking the strategy, claiming the suicide rate would go up. NZ'ers are a lot more resilient than that. Indeed. Not that our suicide stats are great but that's near a 7% year on year drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, curious said: Indeed. Not that our suicide stats are great but that's near a 7% year on year drop. too early to affect suicide rates..wait til wage subsidy comes off, a full summer of no tourists and no international education and/or agri prices take a dive and/or construction industry layoffs .....BUT WAIT! Cindy's still got that money tree in the back of her garden to prop everything up (at least until after the election). Edited August 21, 2020 by Maximus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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