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You wait till there's a good vaccine, then get everyone vaccinated and reopen.
by ravedave5 6y ago
You wait till there's a good vaccine, then get everyone vaccinated and reopen.
- higeorge13 6y agoThis seems like a long bet. What if we never find a proper vaccine?
- electriclove 6y agoExactly! What happens then?
- lostlogin 6y agoWe carry on as normal, like we are. We have to quarantine for 2 weeks when coming into the country, that is the price. Are you under the impression that something more onerous is happening?
- electriclove 6y agoI guess the question is... for how long?
- foogazi 6y agoFor two weeks!
- higeorge13 6y agoThis is normal for your country which is self-sustainable, other countries cannot follow the same strategy for multiple reasons. I wish we were NZ, but we aren't. We rely on tourism, our whole economy has been build around that, closed borders and 14 days isolation will bury everything. Anyone can suggest a lockdown, but some countries cannot work that way and have to find a compromise, not bet on a vaccine somewhere in the near future (when?).
- lostlogin 6y agoThe biggest industry in New Zealand was tourism. We rely heavily on open borders until this year.
- foogazi 6y agoMaybe you could cater to NZ tourists or if covid safety can’t be guaranteed then go for herd immunity Either way as a country that depends on tourism you can’t be infecting tourists
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoAt what point do you throw in the towel if a viable vaccine doesn’t come along?
- lostlogin 6y agoNew Zealander here: Why would we need to give up? We can come and go from New Zealand (with an isolation period) and life is normal once you are inside. Non-residents can’t come without some big hurdles though.
- aquadrop 6y agoYou suggest this mode for forever?
- lostlogin 6y agoIf that’s needed. Keep in mind that until relatively recently it took a lot longer to get to New Zealand as it was common to come here by ship. My parents and grandparents got here that way and it worked ok.
- foogazi 6y agoWhat is the “mode” you are talking about? Seems like life is back to normal and the lockdown is over in NZ
- aquadrop 6y agoExactly the mode described in the post I was answering to. I could cite the whole comment, but I don't see a point.
- dingaling 6y ago"229,566 people were directly employed in tourism (8.4 percent of the total number of people employed in New Zealand)" That's a lot of people who need rejobbed
- orbifold 6y agoIt seems very unlikely that there can be vaccine that is effective long term. Just as there is no long term Flu vaccine.
- evan_ 6y agoWe have many vaccines that aren't long-term effective, and we have strategies for those.