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Re:'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due ... by electriclove on Saturday October 17, 2020 @04:48PM (#24813228)
I think the approach and results have been great. But I'm not clear on what the long term plan will be. Will NZ keep its policies this way indefinitely? Same question for China and other areas that have it under control.
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Re:'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due ... by Volundr on Saturday October 17, 2020 @09:46PM (#24814958)
Assuming a vaccine doesn't come, why shouldn't NZ keep their policy up indefinitely? Testing and quarantining visitors doesn't seem that onerous to me. Certainly beats just letting it run wild in the population.
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