26-07-2023, 11:31 AM
(25-07-2023, 03:13 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:(25-07-2023, 02:58 PM)harm_less Wrote: Overwhelmed hospitals was a comparatively minor issue compared to what we would have seen if COVID had been allowed to spread freely as you seem in favour of.
A highly transmissible virus pandemic combined with a lack of health sector spending over the Key government's watch so no wonder the system was under strain.
Exactly - & the situation wasn't helped by those who decided it was 'all a conspiracy.'
Fully agree.
Comparing countries needs to be done cautiously because different count in different ways and there are all sorts of other variables that need to be accounted for. We were likely to have had at least 50,000 deaths if we hadn't done anything. We can feel greatful that the system worked as well as it did, although in hindsight it could have been done better.
I have no problem with the left over RATs except that we should have had them way sooner, and the surplus now should have been distributed more freely a lot sooner. We bought a box at the very beginning and paid a fortune for it. Now that we have run out, the pharmacy in town is charging $5 each for the tests. Luckily I asked at another one that happily gave me 10 free. Why aren't all pharmacies handing them out proactively so that people can know whether they are safe to go out?
I have a huge problem with people who tried to dissuade others from getting vaccinated and now complaining about the covid impacts on the rest of our health system. The vast majority of people did the right thing by getting vaccinated, staying home and wearing masks when they needed to go out. But some refused to do what was right and have no credibility in criticising anything else about the how the health sector coped.