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Re:New Zealand PM: No open borders for 'a long time' by macspoofing on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:21PM (#23095819)
>We're don't have herd immunity to Ebola. Instead we just don't let it take hold.

Well, COVID-19 isn't Ebola, and it has taken hold, and we are under lockdown. So what are the conditions for reopening? Vaccine?

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Re:New Zealand PM: No open borders for 'a long time' by AnotherGoodName on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:23PM (#23095833)
> it has taken hold

New Zealand had zero new cases yesterday. Zero. Australia had 24 new cases and trending to zero.

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Re:New Zealand PM: No open borders for 'a long time' by karateka on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @08:07PM (#23098051)
I'm not sure which timezone you're in but, yesterday (Wed 6 May) in New Zealand we recorded one confirmed case, one probable case and one death.

We still have a ways to go before we're out of the woods. We have some reassuring signs though (many consecutive days of < 10 cases detected).

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