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Thyla

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9. Yes, why?
Thu Dec 17, 2020, 04:16 AM
Dec 2020
I still wonder why, with repeated outbreaks occurring all over the world, other governments don't look at how it was handled in New Zealand and Australia. Our leaders moved fast and hard; it's not over yet, we can't kid ourselves, but we're doing pretty well, considering everything that's happened.


I don't understand either, well, in fact I do understand completely but to me it is inexcusable to put the economy in front of peoples lives. It is quite clear the AU/NZ model works and works very well and if they followed through with proper restrictions after the first immense lock down here in the EU we could all be in a better place right now.
Instead I have to drop my wife at work to do a job she can do at home online because it's a badge of honour to be able to open up again.

I'm livid at Spain and the EU for putting my family at threat and will not ever forget or forgive that, wasting a year of our children's lives as well.

Thankfully today is the last day that is required to attend work so we will hole up again until January and reassess the options again, only leave the house once a week for a shop and go to the communal rubbish bins(which by the way the rest of the world moved on from sometime around 1918 for health reasons ).
That is the only realistic option for us now, to bunker down, hope for the best and wait for a vaccine to show up. It's unlikely that we will have much of a say on which one it is either.

And yeah, pains me to agree with little johnny as well although I don't see the same level of political suicide in the EU, people tend to agree with this shit show. Then again they have still arguably handled things better than the orange man.

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