NZ has made a similar mistake to Oregon as described above. We shut down early and hard, practically wiping the disease out with less than 1200 total infections

NZ has made a similar mistake to Oregon as described above. We shut down early and hard, practically wiping the disease out with less than 1200 total infections, and totally burning through all the good will required to tolerate a second shut down. Now that we have re-opened, we are seeing new cases appear as Kiwis who were trapped overseas return home, and foreigners visit for "essential" business. It is only a matter of time before we see community spread a second time, and as in Oregon nothing has materially changed since November. We still have no vaccine or immunity, and we can reasonably expect to see a second outbreak before either appears. The only difference is that Kiwis are unwilling to tolerate a second shut down, and Kiwi businesses don't have the funds to weather another financial hit. Neither does the NZ government, realistically. Locking down the country was an understandable response, but it does not appear to have achieved anything valuable unless a vaccine becomes available before the next outbreak.