'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due to lockdown

Re:'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due ... by higeorge13 on Saturday October 17, 2020 @04:26PM (#24813005)

And then some countries will die because they are majorly dependent to international travel and tourism. Not every country in the world is self-sustainable. Closed borders are an easy strategy, but cannot be applied everywhere in the world. Take a look in EU which is built under the open-borders strategy, take a look at any country which economies depend heavily on tourism, and so on.

I wish every country was like NZ where we could apply such measures, but we aren't. In example, my country Greece with closed border would face a more extreme economic crisis than 10 years ago.

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Re:'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due ... by EdwardDiego on Saturday October 17, 2020 @04:40PM (#24813154)

Tourism is (was?) our second largest export earner. We've just had to choose which economic hit we take.

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Re:'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due ... by throwaheyy on Saturday October 17, 2020 @04:32PM (#24813065)

International trade does not require free and open international passenger travel.

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Re:'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due ... by higeorge13 on Saturday October 17, 2020 @04:49PM (#24813238)

I am not talking about trade, but passenger travel. Greece relies heavily on tourism. Closed borders or even 14 days of isolations will kill the tourism industry, all related economic sectors and the whole country will be buried in unemployment. What's a viable strategy for such countries?

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Re:'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due ... by lostlogin on Saturday October 17, 2020 @08:19PM (#24814605)

You have described New Zealand’s problem. Tourism was the biggest industry, it hurt and it’s going keep hurting for a long time.

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