Originally Posted by
White Knight
Yes, 6 380 LHR, 3 380 LGW and a 777 to STN.
Can't shut the world down forever! Australia is already suffering the biggest economic hit since the Second World War according to some figures. You're gonna have to learn to live with this thing; unlike your premiers who are intent on eradicating it!
Spoken like someone focused on one metric and none of the others, Eradication is a very unlikely scenario, but living where I am in NZ, we are controlling what we can and not focusing on the so-called economic metric. Afew other metrics to consider.
A patient with COVID who needs intensive care support casts around NZ$3000 per day at the bare minimum. About 1/3 of COVID patients end up with significant damage, which will cause reduced productivity for their remaining years, as well as greater health cost.
There are a finite number of ICU beds, but more importantly as places like the US and the UK have found out, there is equally a finite number of staff; you cannot have all your beds full - and is you do it costs tax payers a fortune.
Yes, NZ is closed to non-NZ residents (unless they have a significant contribution to make to the NZ economy), but the spending this July was only 1% less than July last year. We are living our lives, we are spending money locally. More importantly, our exports are going out to countries that want them. Yes, we have spent a fortune supporting business during our lockdown, but your assertion that countries, like Australia, are in bad shape is incorrect. Places like the US have massive unemployment because they didn't act with appropriate diligence. The majority of NZ are happy to have closed borders because we are safe and we want to look out for each other.