So I said it seemed NZ had contained Omicron. Ah, I correct myself. Covid-19. So maybe this post is completely and utterly irrelevant.
It seems covid may have spread. Wellington is the new potential populated location. And if it's omicron, not only might it spread faster than in a rural location but it's where a lot of the government operates out of. And of course Rotorua, Waikato, Mount Maunganui among others. Auckland: the situation seems to be under control. But of course, the number of people flying in seems to have increased: places of origin that frequently pop up are the USA, UK, Aus and that needs to be carefully monitored.
Delta spread fast in Auckland, omicron likely will too. And being vaccinated does not matter in terms of transmission because you can be asymptomatic or not realize you have covid so spread seems much easier too. For the individual, less negative impact is good but containing covid is also important.
Interesting NZ is considered a developed country, maybe even rich. But it has not copped any flak for rolling out boosters. Yes, they help the Pacific Islands and donate to them too, but they are still boosting. They are also going to vaccinate kids. They've also bought pills to fight covid.
Maybe in this respect NZ is a 'little' country, not much economic nor political clout like the US and the UK and/or a leader who attracts attention like Macron or Bolsonaro.
Yes, NZ has by and large been praised for handling covid well, but that comes at a certain price - Delta introduced itself and NZ made international headlines for going to their level 4 alert level because of 1 case.
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- A.M.
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