As a citizen of New Zealand I believe a short, sharp lock-down combined with test & contact trace is the only route to zero.
I think that this option is far far better than being in "half measures" restrictions for very long periods of time.
When a country announces their lock-down measures I feel excited for their populace that they might finally be heading to zero.
Then I read the holes in the measures:
- Resturants open, even if only for takeout.
- People mixing bubbles with friends
- Working from an office when WFH is possible
- Anything beyond food, health and utilities being considered "essential" and allowed
- Lack of financial support so it is not financially feasible to take public health measures (stay home, feed family, get tested, get healthcare).
I can't wait for other countries to simply copy the New Zealand quarantine rules and institute an Alert level 4 lockdown, not some half-hearted level 3 / 2 ripoff.
Ask for level 4: https://covid19.govt.nz/assets/resources/tables/COVID-19-ale...
When all the citizens are in this together, when they all see the shared sacrifice and they have the means to actually take a lock-down together ... it's a huge weight off. It would only take 6 weeks of true level 4 to transform the infection rate of any nation - the virus dies out if it cannot spread.
I think that this option is far far better than being in "half measures" restrictions for very long periods of time.
When a country announces their lock-down measures I feel excited for their populace that they might finally be heading to zero.
Then I read the holes in the measures:
- Resturants open, even if only for takeout.
- People mixing bubbles with friends
- Working from an office when WFH is possible
- Anything beyond food, health and utilities being considered "essential" and allowed
- Lack of financial support so it is not financially feasible to take public health measures (stay home, feed family, get tested, get healthcare).
I can't wait for other countries to simply copy the New Zealand quarantine rules and institute an Alert level 4 lockdown, not some half-hearted level 3 / 2 ripoff.
Ask for level 4: https://covid19.govt.nz/assets/resources/tables/COVID-19-ale...
When all the citizens are in this together, when they all see the shared sacrifice and they have the means to actually take a lock-down together ... it's a huge weight off. It would only take 6 weeks of true level 4 to transform the infection rate of any nation - the virus dies out if it cannot spread.