Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
And in direct contrast, Qld Premier just announced that from Saturday vaccinated Qlders can return from overseas without restriction. You do need a RAT rest within a couple of days which is currently a bit of an issue
But that is huge.
Huge good though aye?
yeah for sure mate! big for those who need to visit family (both ways). Bit for people who want to escape (considering it is only a month since people in Qld couldn't even go to NSW or Vic).
Big because it means the Qld Govt have been true to their word
I've been scathing in my criticism over the journey (some completely unjustified) but credit where it is due.
If i can look at it politically, changing Chief Health Officer in October was a political master stroke as it meant they could take a different path with no blowback at all. And this dude is so measured when he speaks.
Anyway, the point for NZ is the path is possible if you are willing to take the political risk (and this in no way seeks to diminish the loss people are now experiencing every day)
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@old-samurai-jack my wife booked to see her family when the border was unblocked now she needs miq, with no possible refund of the tickets will get half on a credit. This must've happened to alot of people.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
And in direct contrast, Qld Premier just announced that from Saturday vaccinated Qlders can return from overseas without restriction. You do need a RAT rest within a couple of days which is currently a bit of an issue
But that is huge.
Just imagine if you had your competent CHO two years ago!
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while no one living in NZ seems to give a fuck about those living elsewhere
surely they care about sport still?
Seems crazy to me people are still so happy for the status quo to continue indefinitely?
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also, that they are not going as they are unsure when they will be able to get home is still a really weird thing to read.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
while no one living in NZ seems to give a fuck about those living elsewhere
surely they care about sport still?
Seems crazy to me people are still so happy for the status quo to continue indefinitely?
I don't think that is true. There are a growing bloc of people who are not happy with living in a hermit kingdom. But having means to do something about it? That's another thing. For starters we are not the marching protesting type, just look at how we view Tamaki and his lot
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
And in direct contrast, Qld Premier just announced that from Saturday vaccinated Qlders can return from overseas without restriction. You do need a RAT rest within a couple of days which is currently a bit of an issue
But that is huge.
Yeah great News for us here in Qld, game changer in a lot of way's.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
And in direct contrast, Qld Premier just announced that from Saturday vaccinated Qlders can return from overseas without restriction. You do need a RAT rest within a couple of days which is currently a bit of an issue
But that is huge.
That's great
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NZ has become pathetic. Shutting borders to its citizens. Yet again. Omicron is highly contagious but not particularly dangerous.
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@billy-tell I've come to believe that Omicron has actually saved us. Maybe rescued is a better term. Now all we have to do is convince the cnuts that made this shit show.
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@crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
The Omicron experience around the world is still playing out
It's pretty much played out in the UK with virtually all restrictions lifted next week. The booster programme made a huge difference
At the moment it isn't doing much harm to NZ (as a whole) to keep stalling from allowing it to run free while we get some further protection against severity.
While It may not be as dangerous when you catch it as other variants except in vulnerable groups and the unvaccinated, but a 3-Jab vaccination programme is key to control Omicron. What are the plan n NZ for a booster programme?
I get the 'let it in' arguments but also understand that when faced with actually making that decision it is not a reversible option and if it backfired it would be close to a criminal act against some.
It'll get in anyway and is way more virulent than previous Covid variants - though much milder (there's a school of thought that it is a "natural vaccine"). Summer would be a good time for that happen and for a Booster programme to be well up and running..
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@victor-meldrew booster prgramme is well under way, they reduced the time from 6 month gap to 4 month, 10s of thousands a day getting them?
Well, unsurprisngly, has already made it's way out of our water tight borders
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@tim said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@kirwan Excess deaths were down about 2700, cumulatively, over the covid period.
There's a lot of info coming out on the impact that lockdowns and other measures have caused which will only show up in medium-long term - e..g. alcohol-related liver disease. deaths have risen by 20% in the UK since the pandemic and that is expected to grow in the coming years as the impact becomes more apparent.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
booster prgramme is well under way, they reduced the time from 6 month gap to 4 month, 10s of thousands a day getting them?
Yep, got mine on Monday. Big queues for the kids with 5 - 12 year olds starting that day too. By chance half of the youngest's cricket team were there at the same time, so their games should have minimal disruption this half of the season
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@donsteppa any issues, one of the guys at work had alot of bruising from his booster, said was quite painful for a couple of days (which is why I'm contemplating waiting closer to 6 months)
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
booster prgramme is well under way, they reduced the time from 6 month gap to 4 month, 10s of thousands a day getting them?
Good to hear. Along with the summer, and the short-lived nature of any Omicron wave NZ looks in a good position. Thing to watch out for is hospital admission rates.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@donsteppa any issues, one of the guys at work had alot of bruising from his booster, said was quite painful for a couple of days (which is why I'm contemplating waiting closer to 6 months)
Nope, all good for me - four and a half months since the second dose. At worst I had a slightly sore arm when lifting anything heavy that afternoon and the following morning, but that was about it.
Kids were all good too, slightly sore arms but it didn't stop them bowling or batting that afternoon.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@donsteppa any issues, one of the guys at work had alot of bruising from his booster, said was quite painful for a couple of days (which is why I'm contemplating waiting closer to 6 months)
Wife got hers yesterday and is fine and at work.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@donsteppa any issues, one of the guys at work had alot of bruising from his booster, said was quite painful for a couple of days (which is why I'm contemplating waiting closer to 6 months)
Not sure how waiting an extra 2 months will change your experience. Seems to be from most I know that if you were OK on the first two the booster will be the same. Got mine about three weeks ago and slight soreness for a day the only symptom.