Yeah it's likely that could be true. Here in NZ we've not yet been hit by the economic toll as the government is paying wage subsidies. That's a short term fix.

Yeah it's likely that could be true. Here in NZ we've not yet been hit by the economic toll as the government is paying wage subsidies. That's a short term fix. Years of high taxes will follow. Job losses will mount as the tourism sector falls over. It will not be pretty. So was it a wise move to shut down? Maybe, given the information they had at the time. Better to be safe than sorry. In hindsight with all the facts we have now maybe not but they didn't have those facts at the start.