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The article says that they found one Covid case since Feb and that once Covid case prompted the lockdown. Did I read that correctly because that is absolutely c

The article says that they found one Covid case since Feb and that once Covid case prompted the lockdown. Did I read that correctly because that is absolutely crazy.

olliej 5y ago
up to 277 cases: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300391456/covid19-live-government-provides-latest-covid-details https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300391456/covid19-live-gove...
zimpenfish 5y ago
> that is absolutely crazy. Which bit? > they found one Covid case since Feb or > one Covid case prompted the lockdown They've gone into lockdown because the man "is deemed to have been infectious since Aug. 12" and "visited a crowded pub on Saturday night [Aug 14th]" and "the probability of it being delta". I should imagine they don't want a superspreader event coming from that when they've been C19-free since February...
zinckiwi 5y ago
You’ll find that the vast majority of the country is on board. This approach won’t last forever. Once the population is deemed sufficiently vaccinated (which is still supply-constrained) we will transition to “living with it.” Until then, zero tolerance is saving thousands of lives.
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- husgfdsr34 5y ago
  They should ban driving too if that's the justification.
shirro 5y ago
This isn't all that crazy in the context of a place like Australia or NZ. In my state in Australia we have only had two very brief lockdowns of several days since the pandemic started and they were to let contact tracers get out ahead of a small outbreak when they were concerned that circumstances were not in their favour.
olliej 5y ago
They found one case, and knew that there would be more. They're now up to 4. You lock down at one so that you can limit the spread of the already in the community cases.
simtel20 5y ago
Yes, it's crazy good that one of the few places in the world that has established protocols that have prevented the spread of and death from COVID-19 has not gone off of the idealogical deep end. They continue to follow policy that has prevented countless deaths.
olliej 5y ago
Up to 11 cases now, and traced the originating case.
olliej 5y ago
now 31
olliej 5y ago
Now 51. Do you still think crazy?

The article says that they found one Covid case since Feb and that once Covid case prompted the lockdown. Did I read that correctly because that is absolutely crazy.

olliej 5y ago

up to 277 cases: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300391456/covid19-live-government-provides-latest-covid-details https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300391456/covid19-live-gove...

zimpenfish 5y ago

> that is absolutely crazy. Which bit? > they found one Covid case since Feb or > one Covid case prompted the lockdown They've gone into lockdown because the man "is deemed to have been infectious since Aug. 12" and "visited a crowded pub on Saturday night [Aug 14th]" and "the probability of it being delta". I should imagine they don't want a superspreader event coming from that when they've been C19-free since February...

zinckiwi 5y ago

You’ll find that the vast majority of the country is on board. This approach won’t last forever. Once the population is deemed sufficiently vaccinated (which is still supply-constrained) we will transition to “living with it.” Until then, zero tolerance is saving thousands of lives.

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husgfdsr34 5y ago
They should ban driving too if that's the justification.

shirro 5y ago

This isn't all that crazy in the context of a place like Australia or NZ. In my state in Australia we have only had two very brief lockdowns of several days since the pandemic started and they were to let contact tracers get out ahead of a small outbreak when they were concerned that circumstances were not in their favour.

olliej 5y ago

They found one case, and knew that there would be more. They're now up to 4. You lock down at one so that you can limit the spread of the already in the community cases.

simtel20 5y ago

Yes, it's crazy good that one of the few places in the world that has established protocols that have prevented the spread of and death from COVID-19 has not gone off of the idealogical deep end. They continue to follow policy that has prevented countless deaths.

olliej 5y ago

Up to 11 cases now, and traced the originating case.

olliej 5y ago

now 31

olliej 5y ago

Now 51. Do you still think crazy?