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New Zealand had what you might call a timely response. If you test positive now your entire family will be moved to an isolation facility. It is not optional an

New Zealand had what you might call a timely response. If you test positive now your entire family will be moved to an isolation facility. It is not optional and if you refuse to do so you will be arrested. > Bloomfield announced all of those who tested positive, as well as close family members who could be at risk, would now be put into self-isolation facilities. > Bloomfield said they'd given moving confirmed cases into quarantine facilities "a lot of thought". It would help prevent spread between family members and limit the spread in the community from people coming to visit. > It would "really strengthen our response", he said. [0] Are you concerned with how lockdown effects children now? [0] https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/13-new-community-cases-all-be-quarantined https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/13-new-community-cases-a...

jacquesm 6y ago
Of course I'm concerned. But if you think that you'll be able to manage this without some inconvenience then that is a pretty strong delusion. Think about the alternative: no quarantine, unchecked spread, lots of people dead. If there is one country that is doing this by the book it is NZ, and they should be commended for it. That you try to spin that as a negative is quite a feat. I've been quarantined myself for two weeks, it wasn't as bad as it could have been and we managed. If I had to go through it again then I would, especially now that I know better how to prepare.
- ketamine__ 6y ago
  You're right. There may not be a way to manage this without locking people up and curtailing their rights. I'm not interested in doing that because this virus isn't the destruction of civilization. It doesn't effect 99.9% of people. Your "by the book" is more like "at any cost." Why not just come out and say that you support draconian and authoritarian measures? Your quarantine isn't comparable to forced isolation in a facility, right? Surely you can understand how that might damage a child?

jacquesm 6y ago

Of course I'm concerned. But if you think that you'll be able to manage this without some inconvenience then that is a pretty strong delusion. Think about the alternative: no quarantine, unchecked spread, lots of people dead. If there is one country that is doing this by the book it is NZ, and they should be commended for it. That you try to spin that as a negative is quite a feat. I've been quarantined myself for two weeks, it wasn't as bad as it could have been and we managed. If I had to go through it again then I would, especially now that I know better how to prepare.

ketamine__ 6y ago
You're right. There may not be a way to manage this without locking people up and curtailing their rights. I'm not interested in doing that because this virus isn't the destruction of civilization. It doesn't effect 99.9% of people. Your "by the book" is more like "at any cost." Why not just come out and say that you support draconian and authoritarian measures? Your quarantine isn't comparable to forced isolation in a facility, right? Surely you can understand how that might damage a child?