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New Zealand admits it can no longer get rid of coronavirus
NY Post ^ | 10/04/2021 | AP

Posted on 10/04/2021 8:47:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s government acknowledged Monday what most other countries did long ago: It can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a cautious plan to ease lockdown restrictions in Auckland, despite an outbreak there that continues to simmer.

Since early in the pandemic, New Zealand had pursued an unusual zero-tolerance approach to the virus through strict lockdowns and aggressive contact tracing.

Until recently, that elimination strategy had worked remarkably well for the country of 5 million, which has reported just 27 virus deaths.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: admits; coronavirus; covid; newzealand
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Ardern is a demented broad. Admits it after destroying peoples life's. NO HARD FEELINGS!
1 posted on 10/04/2021 8:47:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Two years of anarchy and tyranny for a disease with a 99%+ survival rate.

Will the people in New Zealand make their wretched rulers pay the price?


2 posted on 10/04/2021 8:49:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Admitting defeat is good. Next step, taking responsibility and getting your fist off peoples’ throats.


3 posted on 10/04/2021 8:49:54 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A total moron knows that viruses and bacteria spread in ways we cannot always control.

Hospitals and medical mistakes kill more people via bacteria and viruses than any other cause of death.

Why are virologists being silenced? They can tell you that cloth masks and distancing are half-measures at best.

The only way to stop a virus is through development of antibodies. The “vaccines” do not let your body develop natural antibodies because they do not contain pieces of the virus in question, like normal vaccines. These “vaccinations” do reduce the severity of the viral impact, which is good because it allows people to develop natural antibodies.


4 posted on 10/04/2021 8:51:57 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The 1918 'Spanish Flu' virus is still with us too.

Get used to COVID-19 or die.

5 posted on 10/04/2021 8:53:27 AM PDT by blam
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Since early in the pandemic, New Zealand had pursued an unusual zero-tolerance approach to the virus through strict lockdowns and aggressive contact tracing.

Well, there ya go!


6 posted on 10/04/2021 8:55:42 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: ChicagoConservative27

These are the same people that think Socialism will work this time.


7 posted on 10/04/2021 8:55:47 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It took them this long to admit this?

Pay now or pay later, you’ll still have to pay.

When it comes to viruses, unless you want to live as a hermit, you can run, but you can’t hide.


8 posted on 10/04/2021 8:55:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: lurk

Politicians almost never admit failure and even more rarely accept responsibility.

New Zealand failed because you cannot stop a virus. Anyone who tells you that they can stop a virus is a liar.

The joke measures of masking and distancing have totally failed and need to be abandoned.

Lockdowns were never necessary.

But, the political elite have managed to put the world into an economic crisis that it may not recover from. The supply chain collapse, energy shortage and unwillingness to work are all coming together at a time when China is in serious economic trouble as well. In 2008-2009, China did not suffer so much. This time, China may be leading the world down the economic black hole.

The political elite are eager and happy if this happens because they will be able to implement “The Great Reset”


9 posted on 10/04/2021 8:56:14 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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It’s amazing how many people they have convinced that getting covid is a death sentence. It’s not, my wife, I and our extended family can attest to that.


10 posted on 10/04/2021 8:57:04 AM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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So after all the damage done by the lockdowns, ignoring all the warnings against them, their conclusion is “oops, never mind”?


11 posted on 10/04/2021 8:58:04 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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They actually thought they could make the flu disappear.


12 posted on 10/04/2021 8:59:25 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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Any country can eliminate the coronavirus and do its part to fight climate change—all at the same time.

Give out mandatory Kool Aid to all citizens!


13 posted on 10/04/2021 9:00:57 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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I do some biz with a woman whose daughter married and Kiwi and lives in Aukland. She hasn’t seen her in two years and doesn’t know when she will again as long as this overreaction to COVID possesses the NZ government.


14 posted on 10/04/2021 9:08:47 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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In other news, King Canute has discovered he can’t hold back the tide.


15 posted on 10/04/2021 9:14:54 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It would help to stop using the highly unreliable PCR test.


16 posted on 10/04/2021 9:15:14 AM PDT by G Larry (Those destroying the Constitution must demonize those who would defend it.)
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To: blam
The 1918 'Spanish Flu' virus is still with us too.

Yes. Coronaviruses have been with us for thousands of years and will likely be with us for thousands more.

What's new in this equation is the psychopaths like Mr. Fauxi and his friends who performed banned gain-of-function experiments to make them more deadly.

17 posted on 10/04/2021 9:16:07 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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push ivermectin nationwide as the treatment for covid-19 just like india and japan... and watch it ‘miraculously’ get under control over night


18 posted on 10/04/2021 9:17:59 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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Why are virologists being silenced?

For one, too much money can be made off this crappy virus and for the other it allows the so called powers to be to control the public, and they sure take advantage of it.


19 posted on 10/04/2021 9:21:49 AM PDT by saintgermaine (Saintgermain the time traveler)
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“push ivermectin nationwide as the treatment for covid-19 just like india and japan... and watch it ‘miraculously’ get under control over night”

Which is exactly why it won’t happen. The elites would rather have 100 million dead than admit that Trump might have been right.


20 posted on 10/04/2021 9:22:15 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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