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originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: muzzleflash
originally posted by: KansasGirl
a reply to: anonentity
Well, have fun with that. So glad the “latest cluster” there was identified and you know that it came in on freight. I guess you guys might need to close every orifice of your country for the next...well, forever, since y’all won’t ever get herd or any immunity. If you guys keep your borders cinched down tight for the next ten years, when you do open back up and one person brings the virus in, guess what? It’s gonna spread through your society again.
You can’t eradicate it by locking down and masking up.
Exactly.
Every govt action so far is pointless.
We'll eventually get herd immunity, when 80% of the population have either had the virus or an immunization
originally posted by: KansasGirl
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: muzzleflash
originally posted by: KansasGirl
a reply to: anonentity
Well, have fun with that. So glad the “latest cluster” there was identified and you know that it came in on freight. I guess you guys might need to close every orifice of your country for the next...well, forever, since y’all won’t ever get herd or any immunity. If you guys keep your borders cinched down tight for the next ten years, when you do open back up and one person brings the virus in, guess what? It’s gonna spread through your society again.
You can’t eradicate it by locking down and masking up.
Exactly.
Every govt action so far is pointless.
We'll eventually get herd immunity, when 80% of the population have either had the virus or an immunization
Well no, your country won’t get herd or any immunity, because you’re locking everyone down and trying to eradicate the thing. Right? You went 100 days without a new case! And then BAM some frozen meat or something or someone on some freight from somewhere slipped through and you had another outbreak.
So y’all are gonna have to wait for a vaccine. Because your country can’t get 80% immunity if no one is allowed to get the virus.
originally posted by: Blaine91555
That whole process is self defeating IMO.
Instead of it spreading through people out but being careful, it will be spread by the excess number our authorities coming into contact with the public.
You can't stop it. All you can do is slow it down some, but people will still get it. All lower numbers meant at the start is that it would be worse later on.
The main purpose for it is psychological. Get it now, or get it later; unless you go off grid and wait it out.
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: KansasGirl
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: muzzleflash
originally posted by: KansasGirl
a reply to: anonentity
Well, have fun with that. So glad the “latest cluster” there was identified and you know that it came in on freight. I guess you guys might need to close every orifice of your country for the next...well, forever, since y’all won’t ever get herd or any immunity. If you guys keep your borders cinched down tight for the next ten years, when you do open back up and one person brings the virus in, guess what? It’s gonna spread through your society again.
You can’t eradicate it by locking down and masking up.
Exactly.
Every govt action so far is pointless.
We'll eventually get herd immunity, when 80% of the population have either had the virus or an immunization
Well no, your country won’t get herd or any immunity, because you’re locking everyone down and trying to eradicate the thing. Right? You went 100 days without a new case! And then BAM some frozen meat or something or someone on some freight from somewhere slipped through and you had another outbreak.
So y’all are gonna have to wait for a vaccine. Because your country can’t get 80% immunity if no one is allowed to get the virus.
The intention was never to eradicate the virus. I don't even think that is possible.
We went to flatten the curve and instead, this was so effective that it had stopped the instances of new infections in the community (except under managed containment, we were still getting those). This outbreak was a community transmission, probably from a refrigerated freight source, and we are dealing with that, too.
Also, it appears that this is a new strain. Possibly more similar to the one that is afflicting Victoria in Australia. There has been a suggestion that this strain is more infectious but the epidemiology isn't in yet.
originally posted by: KansasGirl
a reply to: chr0naut
#. So, again- you all are going to have to stay locked down and close your borders for...maybe forever. A new strain of it, you say? So you got such an amazing handle on the first (?) strain, and then this little
problem with the frozen source, which you’re getting a handle on, but...it’s a new strain. Sh!t! Y’all never got the chance to get herd immunity on that first strain, and BOOM, now those a-holes from
Victoria sent over a mutated new strain?
You better hope they get a vaccine soon, unless you enjoy being trapped inside and isolated from other humans for years on end. And hopefully they will be able to get the vaccine to cover all the mutations that are happening even as we speak. Damn wait...even the flu vaccine is a crapshoot every year since it also mutates...
You all don’t care for travel anyway, right? Lucky thing NZ folks don’t have any desire to travel nor do they need imports or exports.
originally posted by: TzarChasm
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: KansasGirl
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: muzzleflash
originally posted by: KansasGirl
a reply to: anonentity
Well, have fun with that. So glad the “latest cluster” there was identified and you know that it came in on freight. I guess you guys might need to close every orifice of your country for the next...well, forever, since y’all won’t ever get herd or any immunity. If you guys keep your borders cinched down tight for the next ten years, when you do open back up and one person brings the virus in, guess what? It’s gonna spread through your society again.
You can’t eradicate it by locking down and masking up.
Exactly.
Every govt action so far is pointless.
We'll eventually get herd immunity, when 80% of the population have either had the virus or an immunization
Well no, your country won’t get herd or any immunity, because you’re locking everyone down and trying to eradicate the thing. Right? You went 100 days without a new case! And then BAM some frozen meat or something or someone on some freight from somewhere slipped through and you had another outbreak.
So y’all are gonna have to wait for a vaccine. Because your country can’t get 80% immunity if no one is allowed to get the virus.
The intention was never to eradicate the virus. I don't even think that is possible.
We went to flatten the curve and instead, this was so effective that it had stopped the instances of new infections in the community (except under managed containment, we were still getting those). This outbreak was a community transmission, probably from a refrigerated freight source, and we are dealing with that, too.
Also, it appears that this is a new strain. Possibly more similar to the one that is afflicting Victoria in Australia. There has been a suggestion that this strain is more infectious but the epidemiology isn't in yet.
Hail hydra
originally posted by: SeaWorthy
a reply to: chr0naut
The news is very clearly being manipulated. They didn't do any worse than any other comparative numbers area but lost no businesses and didn't destroy freedom.
originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: KansasGirl
New Zealand could close its borders permanently ,the place is not over populated, In fact the borders are basically closed now. Just about every food item is made here, along with serious quality goods.
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: KansasGirl
New Zealand could close its borders permanently ,the place is not over populated, In fact the borders are basically closed now. Just about every food item is made here, along with serious quality goods.
But where would the US get it's millitary guidance tech if Rakon were out of the picture? China? Russia?
LOL