This morning.

Well, I for one, am convinced.

Meanwhile…

This morning.

New Zealand is under total lockdown. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the move after officials said a 58-year-old man tested positive for covid in Auckland.

New Zealand’s snap nationwide lockdown triggers protests, as Covid outbreak grows to 7 cases, traced to Australia’s NSW (RT)

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  1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

    10 cases in NZ. The New South Wales State Government made a few massive mistakes. Now, 13 million in Oz and all of NZ are in lockdown. #thanksgladys is the hashtag to look up on Twitter.

    1. newsjustin

      The church has supported uptake of the vaccine – and a fair distribution of the vaccine around the world – pretty much since they became available.

      Would that all catholics who had the opportunity had taken the advice.

    2. anonann

      Admin, I’m not andrew, or any of his other aliases. I’d appreciate it if you could fix my username. Thank you.

  2. SOQ

    Sunetra Gupta thinks that lockdowns in New Zealand may actually work because they generally have a very low rates of respiratory illnesses.

    And that of course is something most people never factor in to their arguments- that each country should first and foremost be compared against its own history, rather than current rates in others.

        1. Nigel

          Similar principle applies, I would have thought. Not to mention Gupta’s hypothesis seems tentative at best and definitely unproven.

      1. SOQ

        How can you compare vaccine history when there is none Nigel? That’s the whole point- there is no long term safety data on these vaccines?

        1. K. Cavan

          Neither is there a shred of evidence that they confer any level of immunity. It’s perfectly reasonable to declare that they are completely & utterly ineffectual & nobody can contradict you, except by expressing an equally unsubstantiated personal opinion. You say potato(e)….
          In fact, given that these injections are an intra-muscular infusion of an active substance that needs to act on Ribosomes inside specific cells which are Permissive & Susceptible (Virology terms) to Coronaviruses, the chances of them doing anything other than making you ill and/or Infertile seems far-fetched.
          Nigel, bud, you seem very fond of the needle, bud, story? Are you mad for the smack or wha? It would explain a lot of your comments, if it turned out you were on a mad buzz from the gear, like, when you were typing them. Get on the rehab, bud, it’s never too late.

        2. Nigel

          I don’t know, how do you take something happening in one country and make sweeping definitve conclusions without looking at why it’s happening, to whom, and comparing it to other countries for further context and data? Yet you do…

    1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

      @SOQ – NZ has lots of indigenous Maori, who may be more vulnerable. A lot of people are obese, which would make them vulnerable. NZ’s best weapon is its isolation. Stopping the virus in its tracks is the best option.

      1. K. Cavan

        The idea of “stopping a virus in it’s tracks” is hilariously idiotic unscientific garbage, perhaps you already knew this but if you didn’t, you’re welcome.
        Stop making a fool of yourself, anyone with any knowledge of Viruses just broke their shnitzel laughing at that comment.

        1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

          @Cavan – Mate, Do I have to tell you how an island works? Do I have to tell you how quarantine works. Melbourne had 700 cases a day, last year. It got them down to ZERO. We had a great summer with few restrictions. NZ has had bugger all deaths – 26 out of 5 million. Now, who is the fool? Quit while you are losing.

          1. SOQ

            IN case you don’t know Formerly- Australia has another six months of this ‘whack the mole’ to go and even then, there will be no herd immunity come next season.

        2. Formerly known as @ireland.com

          @SOQ – I know Oz isn’t going great – the NSW state govt. stuffed up. They decided to prefer the economy over people. How has that worked out for them? They have 633 new cases yesterday and expecting over 2,000 a day in September. Victoria, where I am, is at 24 per day. We have put in a proper lockdown. It is going to be hard to keep it from leaking in from NSW, repeatedly.

          NZ has a single government and can beat it.

          Herd immunity from vaccines is possible. Only idiots would think that getting it from covid cases would be a good idea.

  3. K. Cavan

    Jacinda Ardern. She’s a Nazi-schatzi & she fights for the Fatherland.
    Pope Francis, who appears to be the the first Atheist Pope, sacked the 172 (life-long) members of The Pontifical Academy for Life, the Vatican body which deals with Medical Ethics, in 2016, tore up it’s constitution & appointed, among others, a Rabbi, a Protestant minister & a load of self-professed Atheists, many of them with pro-abortion views, in their place.
    Fupp Pope Francis (and the horse he rode in on) & Jacinda Ardern (gulp!) they’re part of the New World Order Goon Squad, they’ll both be making crackling noises for all eternity, the Wife-swopping sodomites!

    I enjoyed writing that far more than I should have…

    1. Daisy Chainsaw

      8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown has an opening now Sean Lock has died. You should send them your comedy stylings.

      1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

        Which numbers don’t you believe, Einstein? Please post me the link that shows me those numbers are wrong.

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