Originally Posted by
Anti Skid On
As much as you may hate lockdown's, we haven't had 1000's die, our economy is stronger than our competitors and our unemployment is lower than others, and to be fair, we had 176 days living a pretty normal life.
Your right, we havent had thousands die
from covid but due to our governments response and the billions borrowed and spent, the outcome is far from over. The economic cost and the underlying mental and socio-economic factors will be felt worse in our small country for decades to come. We have to stop this thinking that we are any better than another country because we had these 'purchased freedoms'. I know people not getting cancer treatment they need during lockdowns and they will unfortunately die not to mention suicides ballooning and more poor people dying in emergency housing, These are DUE TO COVID but not counted.
AirNZ wont survive if we keep locking down fullstop.... I cant see the public having an appetite for many more billlion dollar bailouts(Loans written off in the future).