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Originally Posted by StylinRed
On the other hand new zealand is just as successful and they went the total lockdown route
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Again, total lockdown is not a permanent solution. You destroy the whole economy to stop the cases. And let's just say it somehow manages to eradicate Covid19 from NZ. Then, how long do you plan to lockdown the travel part? So, no one in-n-out of the country in the foreseeable future? As soon as you open that up, you run at the risk of covid spreading again.
That's why Taiwan went for a track&tracing model and are slowly opening-up. Citizens have always been able to get back to Taiwan regardless of the condition.
The idea is quite simple really. If you want to do X, then Y needs to be followed. Take it as the cost of doing something or don't do it.
With that, and the active tracing, Taiwan has managed to keep the economy pretty much wide-open with no domestic cases. Yes, the geography and everything is different. But it's a freaking 24m people on an island about the size of Vancouver island. I'm sure there are a few things they are doing it right.
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Originally Posted by CivicBlues
Which is what BC is doing. No new lockdown effectively and hiring hundreds of new contact tracers. Is it as comprehensive and wide ranging as Taiwan? Probably not, but I'm not sure what you're trying to argue here other than soapboxing.
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Agree. I do think NDP is doing at least an OK job. That's why I voted for them again. I was referring more to the federal level.