Also, I said "regardless of suicide statistics." Did you miss that part?
I’m not sure what you wanted, depressed people to feel a little better but have rampant covid?
You're not sure what I want? I've clearly spelled it out.
We locked down hard and kept New Zealand’s death toll to 26. Other places have done other things, but I prefer our approach.
New Zealand and Australia likely won't open until 2023 because vaccination campaigns are slow and public health authorities are afraid of variants. I'm perfectly fine with people in these countries making those decisions. I just think they should be a little more understanding about the rest of the world that prefers open borders to hysteria.
Also:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/five-hour-ambula...
> Patients with heart attack symptoms and spinal injuries are being forced to wait in ambulances outside hospitals for as long as five hours in what paramedics and the Australian Medical Association have described as a deadly public health emergency.
> Ambulance response times are at their worst since 2016-17 and Ambulance Victoria has instigated emergency protocols – where patients can be instructed to take taxis to hospital instead of waiting for ambulances – three times more this year than in the previous two years combined.
I've been reading a lot about how NZ's health system is overwhelmed too.
I am allowed to criticize other nations just as you have criticized the US. Debate is allowed here.
You're quite rude and unpleasant yourself.
> I've been reading a lot about how NZ's health system is overwhelmed too.
What has this got to do with covid? There isn’t any in the community. It’s eradicated.
This is an odd thread and it isn’t contributing anything, altering prior comments also makes this hard to follow.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/30/nzhe-m30.html
If it's so odd you can cease responding if you like. It's pretty clear you can't handle criticism at this point and choose to lash out instead.
HN was slowing down my posts so I edited the one above this one.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0...