Originally Posted by
Chris2303
Nothing the WHO has said during this pandemic has been credible.
They have changed their stance more often than a stripper changes her G-string
NZ has zero community cases, can Australia as a country say the same thing?
Well, the Herald had
CORRECTED their story from
"The WHO not recommending lockdown" to
"A WHO doctor", yes, one persons opinion.The jury will be out until 20 years time, because only then will we be able to evaluate the extent lockdown has created 'poverty' versus not. In the NZ context, international tourism has been obliterated and isn't coming back soon, and whilst domestic tourism is making up for some of that, it won't last forever. The biggest economic difference is in NZ daily life is continuing pretty much as normal, unlike say the UK, US, etc, where they didn't do
real lockdown, and arguably their consequences will be far worse. The long-term effects of COVID on humans are yet to be realised, and I suspect that consequence will be very costly.