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i don't think New Zealand has actually had intense lockdown for the entire last 18 months? I think they had short periods, but over the whole pandemic period I
by jrochkind1 5y ago
i don't think New Zealand has actually had intense lockdown for the entire last 18 months? I think they had short periods, but over the whole pandemic period I think they've had much less interruption to daily life than here in the USA, with much of that time having few restrictions, no?
> you all recently had one of the highest rates of infection since the pandemic started.
I don't think so?
- gridspy 5y agoHere's a nice graph of NZ restrictiveness compared to UK and US. You'll see we peak up higher than either but then drop down to very low restrictions. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-stringency-index?tab=chart&country=NZL~GBR~USA https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-stringency-index?ta...
- jrochkind1 5y agoThat graph definitely makes it look like NZ has had a lot less restrictions cummulatively than USA.
- gridspy 5y agoIt certianly felt that way from here in NZ. I think part of our successful economic recovery is because it wasn't only OPEN but SAFE. In the US and UK there are families living in fear of infection, leading to less consumer behavior.