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You're confused by the fact that people are fed up with various elites pushing for restrictive policies, then routinely bypassing and ignoring those policies wh

You're confused by the fact that people are fed up with various elites pushing for restrictive policies, then routinely bypassing and ignoring those policies when it comes to their personal lives? What is so confusing here?

chadash 5y ago
This is a medevac flight and Auckland is the closest major city to where he was located. It's not clear that he's being treated differently than other people would be in the same situation.
- greyman 5y ago
  The article claims he is.
- colllectorof 5y ago
  >It's not clear that he's being treated differently than other people would be in the same situation. Empathy and benefit of the doubt for billionaires who vacation in Fiji and whose kids get a medevac flight to a major city when something goes wrong would look a bit more sane if those were commonly afforded to normal people as well. Which they aren't.
_fat_santa 5y ago
If the guy was going there for a vacation, yes I would 100% agree with your sentiment. But from the story it sounds like his son had to be medivaced from Fiji. Since this is a medical emergency I would imagine that they would grant this to whoever, not just Page.
- rasz 5y ago
  Yes. Im sure they charter 4200 kilometer medevac flights for anybody, while country is on total lock down, and the emergency is so urgent whole thing takes >24 hours before the flight even takes off. >“The day after the application was received, a New Zealand air ambulance staffed by a New Zealand ICU nurse-escort medevaced the child and an adult family member from Fiji to New Zealand,” https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-travel-new-zealand-immigration-b7184a3296dea7c8c276232d615da0ac https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-travel-new-z... Reminder, Sydney is merely 1 hour extra flight time away and borders were wide open in January.

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You're confused by the fact that people are fed up with various elites pushing for restrictive policies, then routinely bypassing and ignoring those policies wh

by colllectorof 5y ago

chadash 5y ago
This is a medevac flight and Auckland is the closest major city to where he was located. It's not clear that he's being treated differently than other people would be in the same situation.
- greyman 5y ago
  The article claims he is.
- colllectorof 5y ago
  >It's not clear that he's being treated differently than other people would be in the same situation. Empathy and benefit of the doubt for billionaires who vacation in Fiji and whose kids get a medevac flight to a major city when something goes wrong would look a bit more sane if those were commonly afforded to normal people as well. Which they aren't.
_fat_santa 5y ago
If the guy was going there for a vacation, yes I would 100% agree with your sentiment. But from the story it sounds like his son had to be medivaced from Fiji. Since this is a medical emergency I would imagine that they would grant this to whoever, not just Page.
- rasz 5y ago
  Yes. Im sure they charter 4200 kilometer medevac flights for anybody, while country is on total lock down, and the emergency is so urgent whole thing takes >24 hours before the flight even takes off. >“The day after the application was received, a New Zealand air ambulance staffed by a New Zealand ICU nurse-escort medevaced the child and an adult family member from Fiji to New Zealand,” https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-travel-new-zealand-immigration-b7184a3296dea7c8c276232d615da0ac https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-travel-new-z... Reminder, Sydney is merely 1 hour extra flight time away and borders were wide open in January.