The government seems to be at stage three in the four-stage plan. It won’t be long before we reach stage four.
Since the government doesn’t seem to have a single clue as to what to do, I thought I’d do some research. Yascha Mounk provides some good advice at The Atlantic:
These three facts imply a simple conclusion. The coronavirus could spread with frightening rapidity, overburdening our health-care system and claiming lives, until we adopt serious forms of social distancing.
This suggests that anyone in a position of power or authority, instead of downplaying the dangers of the coronavirus, should ask people to stay away from public places, cancel big gatherings, and restrict most forms of nonessential travel.
Given that most forms of social distancing will be useless if sick people cannot get treated – or afford to stay away from work when they are sick – the federal government should also take some additional steps to improve public health. It should take on the costs of medical treatment for the coronavirus, grant paid sick leave to stricken workers, promise not to deport undocumented immigrants who seek medical help, and invest in a rapid expansion of ICU facilities.
The Pasifika Festival has been cancelled because it doesn’t matter to Jacinda Ardern if she upsets a local audience. That’s why she is still going to have the March 15 commemorations, because that plays well to the international audience she desperately seeks. She is playing fast and loose with people’s safety all for some photo ops and virtue signalling. By the end of winter, more people will have died from Covid-19 than from Brenton Tarrant’s attack on two NZ mosques but I doubt there will be a hugfest for the plague victims.
We should be closing our borders, shutting down mass events and doing more than standing around with our hands in our pockets hoping no one starts asking hard questions. Watch this excellent video about exponential growth and epidemics and wonder why the government is fiddling while the country burns:
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