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New Zealand launches inquiry into its coronavirus response
The Associated Press ^ | December 5, 2022 | By NICK PERRY

Posted on 12/05/2022 7:03:00 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand is launching a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it made the right decisions in battling COVID-19 and how it can better prepare for future pandemics.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday the coronavirus had posed the greatest threat to the nation’s health and economy since World War II. She said now was an appropriate time to examine the government’s response with the highest level of independent inquiry.

Among the questions will be whether or not New Zealand took the right approach initially by imposing strict lockdowns and border quarantine restrictions in order to try and wipe out the virus entirely.

That zero-tolerance strategy was initially hailed internationally as a success because New Zealand’s death rate remained much lower than in most other countries and people were able to continue life much as normal.

But over time, the downsides of the elimination approach came into clearer focus as the economic and social costs rose. Some citizens faced big delays returning home due to a bottleneck at border quarantine facilities.

But over time, the downsides of the elimination approach came into clearer focus as the economic and social costs rose. Some citizens faced big delays returning home due to a bottleneck at border quarantine facilities.

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


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; dictatorship; virus; wuhan

1 posted on 12/05/2022 7:03:00 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NZ is ruled by the corrupt left. The white wash is inevitable. Wanna bet?


2 posted on 12/05/2022 7:04:36 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ardern said months ago the real info comes from her and nowhere else ,LOL


3 posted on 12/05/2022 7:04:39 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Some people did some things.


4 posted on 12/05/2022 7:04:48 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The pinkos who run NZ are going to investigate themselves?

Convenient.


5 posted on 12/05/2022 7:09:14 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The horse toothed broad should be thrown into the ocean.


6 posted on 12/05/2022 7:09:52 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Give me $500.00. Short answer. No! Long answer. No. 🔬🤔😲😵🚫😷💉🐎💩


7 posted on 12/05/2022 7:12:45 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

New Zealand police will face no accountability for their grossly violent and illegal acts douring COVID.

And an election and tersely worded letters to the editor are not going to fix this.

Ardern needs to hang and I mean literally.


8 posted on 12/05/2022 7:38:59 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sorta like Internal Affairs investigating a police involved shooting...

...we investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing!


9 posted on 12/05/2022 7:45:18 AM PST by null and void (The FBI has been very busy digging itself into a very deep hole. It's time we fill it!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Znd just like when holder “investigated himself”, I’m sure they will find that there was “no wrongdoing”, not even a smidgen


10 posted on 12/05/2022 7:56:58 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: Da Coyote
NZ is ruled by the corrupt left. The white wash is inevitable. Wanna bet?

It is being attempted.

It is why Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wants the "investigation" done now, so she can control it and the outcome.

She is a big friend of the Chinese Communists Party.

11 posted on 12/05/2022 7:58:31 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They ought stake that snot Ardern out on an ant hill.


12 posted on 12/05/2022 8:01:19 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

First abuse their citizens and then get paid LARGE fees to study their own abuse.


13 posted on 12/05/2022 8:08:15 AM PST by Mlheureux
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Kind of like the Mafia investigating itself.


14 posted on 12/05/2022 8:08:17 AM PST by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Da Coyote

This is why I cringe every time I read someone comment something about “Nuremberg 2.0”. Who do they think if going to hold those trials, and do they believe those governments will hold their own accountable?


15 posted on 12/05/2022 8:24:54 AM PST by Antihero101607
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

1st arrest the Poop Manager for treason


16 posted on 12/05/2022 8:38:11 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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This is why I cringe every time I read someone comment something about “Nuremberg 2.0”. Who do they think if going to hold those trials, and do they believe those governments will hold their own accountable?

Until the records are all public, they're all guilty. The second tier is then motivated to put the first tier on trial in order to distance themselves from those who made the topside decisions. The second tier is then ushered out, avoiding prison or execution, and the third tier and outsiders fill the positions.

17 posted on 12/05/2022 8:48:36 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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