Thread: The C. Virus and human reaction

Originally Posted by Grazor

We have been pretty lucky down here in New Zealand.
There is no community transmitted cases because we went into lock down relatively early.
The only cases we are getting now are residents who have been returning from overseas, and family members coming here to attend funerals, or see loved ones with terminal illnesses etc. They are put in managed isolation for 2 weeks and tested for the virus.
The problem with this is people are attempting to break out of isolation to see family and friends.
That's the human condition, you are naturally going to attempt to do this, but then again the question is the risk of community transmission happening again.
The impact financially is going to be big because our tourism industry was aimed at overseas visitors.
Of all the flu's and viruses that have popped up in recent years, none worried me, but from the start this one concerned me.

I don’t think luck had much to do with the COVID status in NZ.

Your live on an island with a government that took timely and effective action and a population that accepted the constraints imposed on everyone for the greater good.

That is a model from which the rest of the world should learn.