> by "open" I obviously mean "people can enter and exit it". Most countries have their borders partially or fully closed to international travel. The only diff

> by "open" I obviously mean "people can enter and exit it". Most countries have their borders partially or fully closed to international travel. The only difference between New Zealand and most other countries is that New Zealand isn't also dealing with a rampant pandemic. > A country with indefinitely closed borders is not "open", it's North Korea. Comparing New Zealand to North Korea is absurd and demonstrates that you're not being serious. Something like 90—95% of all people on this planet will never travel across a passport control border during their entire lifetime. A short term, medically rational restriction on international travel only restricts the "freedom" of the most affluent few percent. > Until the NZ population gets over its fear What fear? I'm starting to wonder if you think that the only thing worth doing in New Zealand involves international travel. I suppose we're all in a big North Korea called Earth because we can't hop onto a rocket into outer space.