> They found one, ONE Covid case

Since February, yes, because their lockdowns and controls worked to get the country free of it. Why would they change a clearly winning formula?

I'd rather live in a country not free of COVID-19 than live in a country where lockdowns like this are indefinitely possible over a single, probably unsignificant case.

There are always going to be COVID-19 cases/hospitalizations/deaths from this point forward, whether populations are vaccinated or not, just as is the case with the Flu.

Every case of covid in an unvaccinated community is significant.

And now there's 6 more, all linked to the same fella. Looks like it was a superspreader event after all.

Imagine getting downvoted for this idea in 2019. We’ve lost our minds.

Yes, because they know if there is one that they've detected, it probably means there are others. And this individual travelled, and went to crowded events.

As of now they've found 4 additional cases. Thanks to the wonders of exponential spread you need to stop the spreading when the numbers are still small.

Otherwise you fail miserably and kill more than half a million people.

My intention was not to justify it but to state the probable reason it happened. I agree it's insane to shut the entire country down. The gov in NZ is panicked because it means the end for them when the population figures out their medical system is shit and costs them a fortune. It's the same story in Canada, the lock downs were to prevent a garbage medical system from collapsing after 100's of billions in tax payer dollars. It would have exposed how little the people get for their money and a system that can't handle emergencies. I'm sure the Governments of both those countries have other excuses for the ridiculous lock downs.

Not sure why you’re being downvoted, as this is one of the major reasons we had lockdowns around the world even before Delta — our healthcare systems are not designed for the capacities that are pushed through when something like a pandemic occurs. This problem will only get worse in the coming decades, as shifting demographics means we will not have as many young people available to take on jobs as essential health workers for the ever-growing percentage of elderly and at-risk.

We are really lucky to have this pandemic happen now, rather than 30 years from now, as it gives us all an opportunity to prepare for the shifting demand / resource patterns in healthcare. New ways of administering healthcare will be needed.