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Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by LAC-Tech on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:26AM (#28285396)
1. New Zealand isn't "an island", there's two, one is slightly bigger and has less people.

2. Is your implication that the UK is so close to the mainland that the covid numbers are high due to people coming over in rafts? In that case the UK should have lower covid numbers because it has a much larger navy covering a the english channel, irish sea, and the north sea. Where as NZ has to cover the entire south pacific.

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Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by lmz on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @06:49AM (#28287080)
For #2, there are people crossing in boats https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-58100694 (and I don't think there's enough will to use the Navy to stop them).
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Re:The Coronavirus Is Here Forever by tdsamardzhiev on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @11:57AM (#28290543)
1. Sure, it's a figure of speech. And the number is way greater than two, if we're going to be nitpicky.

2. My point is that there's way more people entering, leaving, and going from A to B for whatever reason. Not trying to judge people, just stating a fact here.

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