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Old 14th Jan 2021, 07:29
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empacher48
 
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Originally Posted by KRviator
Yep, they eliminated it. Sure did. Was going great for so long.Then Poof! Like a magic trick it was back - and they still don't know where it came from.

Just like NSW did, just like Qld...

Wash, rinse, repeat.
You do realise that elimination in the middle of a global pandemic is not a one shot deal? Do it once and never see it again?

The epidemiologist meaning of elimination is to remove it from society and then, as it reappears in the community, as it will, have zero tolerance for it remaining.

It’s a process, that will continue until it stops being a pandemic and becomes endemic.

There have been 5 outbreaks of COVID in the community since June 2020, only the August outbreak required any change to the alert levels. The other 4 were handled without changing much of the way life is in NZ.

The most recent change after the last case of community transmission (18th November) was compulsory masks on all forms of public transport.
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