Re:Intimate portraits of a hospital Covid unit from a photoj...
by somewhereoutth on Sunday December 26, 2021 @07:54PM
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NZ was having trouble containing their last outbreak - it had got into the 'gangs', a part of their society that was particularly hard for the government to reach with containment action. So, controversially, they gave up. I suspect they were under a great deal of pressure from 'those who would see Covid win'.
Note that China is still keeping Covid at bay.
Re:Intimate portraits of a hospital Covid unit from a photoj...
by dehrmann on Sunday December 26, 2021 @09:35PM
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> a part of their society that was particularly hard for the government to reach with containment action
I think there are parts of society like this almost everywhere, and that's why it's uncontainable once it hits a critical mass.
China is interesting. I guess they're doing it mostly through testing and restrictions that wouldn't work elsewhere? They have a good vaccination rate, but their vaccines aren't very effective. There's also North Korea; they claim zero cases. I imagine the real number is either surprisingly close or essentially 100%.
One of the main examples of hubris was that we thought we could stop it. The "success story" countries quickly dwindled to Australia and New Zealand--situations not exactly replicatable. Australia's hubris led to a bad vaccine rollout, and a few cases quickly escalated to lockdowns. I think NZ eventually settled on an endemic policy.