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Re:Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for ric... by josephcsible on Friday December 24, 2021 @10:07PM (#29680001)
Do you think MIQ will stop community spread in New Zealand forever? If not, then all of those bad things will happen anyway, but by not abolishing MIQ, all of the bad things it causes will happen too. And if everyone were locked in an isolated room from birth, nobody would ever die of any contagious disease, but clearly that's not the right answer.
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Re:Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for ric... by bener on Friday December 24, 2021 @10:24PM (#29680092)
It will be abolished eventually, quite likely fairly soon.
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Re:Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for ric... by llukas on Friday December 24, 2021 @10:28PM (#29680122)
NZ needs to wait long enough until vaccines/treatment options are exists and are effective enough.

FDA authorized covid pill two days ago:

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavi...

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Re:Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for ric... by jimjimjim on Saturday December 25, 2021 @05:17AM (#29681986)
why do people always extrapolate everything to extremes? No one is forbidden from going to new zealand. You just have to queue. And ffs MIQ has SLOWED the spread. for instance no omicron in nz so there is time to study/research and raises vaccination levels to WHEN it gets in there will be less damage.

why do things have to be never/forever? Why can't people think in terms of better/worse/later?

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