New Zealand to go into lockdown for at least 4 weeks

[Twilight Hue]

I think it would be hard to convince authorities that gaming stores are essential services alongside health, food and finances lol. Hey, welcome back to RF.

Let's face it everything's going online anyways. Although I will say it's essential in terms of loading times versus physical media.

All the waiting for that game to download.......

 

[Twilight Hue]

There you go!

Curbside pickup for GameStop!!

Coronavirus store closings, store hours: What's open amid COVID-19

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

Do you have a competent authority who knows what an essential service is? I'd argue that it's essential not to abandon liberty.

Right now I will rather be a slave alive, than a dead free man.
I mean I have food, a place to be and I can say as I want, so how much of a slave am I?

Regards
Mikkel

 

[Rational Agnostic]

Good. About time. I hope they extend it indefinitely.

Ahh, OK. So you want record unemployment and runaway inflation worldwide?

 

[dianaiad]

My GP closed his office to all patients except those he needs to physically interact with. Everything else is done over the phone, internet and if need be at the hospital (CT, MRI, etc) based on triage. My cancer surveillance tests have been delayed which require a hospital. Blood work is based on appointments instead of appointments and drop ins before the virus

I have to have blood tests twice a week, and have chosen to go to the 'Butterfly building" which is a fairly new building that is devoted to specialty care; oncology, cardiology, chemotherapy, broken bones, nephrology, the things one gets 'kicked up to' after seeing the PCP. It's amazing how open the parking lot is! Kaiser has turned to phone visits for pretty much everything, and even 'on line' visits where the doc can see you for most of everything else. They have tables in the front entry way where one gets one's temp taken...and since pretty much everybody who visits that buiding is squarely in the 'high risk' category, everybody is extra careful. They've hired extra people who's job is only to wipe everything down every single hour.

I also have to go to the City of Hope in Duarte...which happens to be right in the middle of a 'break out' area, and the rules there are draconian. Believe me, my daughter won't let me out of the car when we go anywhere....and she uses Lysol on her shoes and everything on the dashboard before she gets back into the car herself. Paranoid, thy names are attached to my family.

Now if only the TP people would grow up....

 

[Ebionite]

Right now I will rather be a slave alive, than a dead free man.
I mean I have food, a place to be and I can say as I want, so how much of a slave am I?

Regards
Mikkel

Is liberty limited to speech but not action?

People make decisions about security issues based on the information that is available to them. Who is to say that someone has access to better information than someone else?

The fear of YHWH is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the set-apart is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10

 

[blü 2]

Our Prime Minister just announced New Zealand would be moving in lock down for at least 4 weeks. In the last 24 hours we have 36 new cases of Covid 19 bringing our total to 102. 2 of the cases to date can not be connected to overseas travel or close contact with someone who has been infected. Therefore we must assume we now have community spread.

What total lock down means is that everyone stays at home unless they are providing an essential service. Supermarkets, doctors, pharmacies, service stations, access to essential banking services will all be available. However If individuals do not have immediate needs, they should not leave their home. Social distancing should be maintained at supermarkets when people are undertaking essential shops.

Non-essential businesses must now close. All bars, restaurants, cafes, gyms, cinemas, pools, museums, libraries, playgrounds and any other place where the public congregate must close their face to face function. Schools and universities will close.

PM Jacinda Ardern's full lockdown speech

As a general practitioner we have just moved to consulting with patients by phone or video in the first instance and will only see patients face to face if necessary as fears COVID-19 is already being transmitted in the community.

The move is aimed at protecting both the community and doctors on the frontline in the battle against the spread of coronavirus.

GPs move to minimise patient contact amid fears of COVID-19 community transmission

We have just put a portable cabin in our practice’s car park to use as an isolation room.

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We will be discouraging people with mild symptoms from attending at all but those with moderate to severe symptoms who have flu like symptoms can be seen once full protective gear is worn by our GPs.

Its kinda nice to be able to provide updates on RF and to hear each other’s experiences. We can discuss and debate for sure. I may be too busy to respond but I’m listening to what you are all saying.

NZ under Ardern is high up on the list of Good Guys, so in the unlikely event that good wishes make any difference, you certainly have mine.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Ahh, OK. So you want record unemployment and runaway inflation worldwide?

Huh? No, I want New Zealand closed down permanently, geez.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

I thought we had already shut down our international flights?

Yeah, but people care about it when it's Australia. When it's New Zealand, people just breathe a sigh of relief (not that they're a real country international flights can actually go to, but I digress)

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

NZ under Ardern is high up on the list of Good Guys, so in the unlikely event that good wishes make any difference, you certainly have mine.

If they're so great, how come we beat them at sport almost half the time?

 

[SomeRandom]

Yeah, but people care about it when it's Australia. When it's New Zealand, people just breathe a sigh of relief (not that they're a real country international flights can actually go to, but I digress)

That’s because Australia is infinitely better

 

[blü 2]

That’s because Australia is infinitely better

I've been meaning to ask ─ what's that swampland on the right half of your logo?

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

That’s because Australia is infinitely better

Empirically

 

[stvdv]

once full protective gear is worn by our GPs.

Smart.

I thought about this tonight "Foolish, why don't these nurses not wear full protective gear", I read today that 30% of them get infected with Corona virus.

 

[SomeRandom]

I've been meaning to ask ─ what's that swampland on the right half of your logo?

Umm, huh??

 

[blü 2]

Umm, huh??

Oops! My apologies. I'd intended the question for our friend Kangaroo Feathers.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Oops! My apologies. I'd intended the question for our friend Kangaroo Feathers.

Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform - Wikipedia

So my badge is a punisher skull, half Australian flag, half DPCU.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

Do you have a competent authority who knows what an essential service is? I'd argue that it's essential not to abandon liberty.

I'd say it is essential for people to be informed (and re-informed) what it means to be responsible in your actions as regards your fellow man. If conducting "business as usual" puts people at risk of death, then you simply no longer conduct "business as usual." You do your part.

 

[BilliardsBall]

Our Prime Minister just announced New Zealand would be moving in lock down for at least 4 weeks. In the last 24 hours we have 36 new cases of Covid 19 bringing our total to 102. 2 of the cases to date can not be connected to overseas travel or close contact with someone who has been infected. Therefore we must assume we now have community spread.

What total lock down means is that everyone stays at home unless they are providing an essential service. Supermarkets, doctors, pharmacies, service stations, access to essential banking services will all be available. However If individuals do not have immediate needs, they should not leave their home. Social distancing should be maintained at supermarkets when people are undertaking essential shops.

Non-essential businesses must now close. All bars, restaurants, cafes, gyms, cinemas, pools, museums, libraries, playgrounds and any other place where the public congregate must close their face to face function. Schools and universities will close.

PM Jacinda Ardern's full lockdown speech

As a general practitioner we have just moved to consulting with patients by phone or video in the first instance and will only see patients face to face if necessary as fears COVID-19 is already being transmitted in the community.

The move is aimed at protecting both the community and doctors on the frontline in the battle against the spread of coronavirus.

GPs move to minimise patient contact amid fears of COVID-19 community transmission

We have just put a portable cabin in our practice’s car park to use as an isolation room.

View attachment 38159

We will be discouraging people with mild symptoms from attending at all but those with moderate to severe symptoms who have flu like symptoms can be seen once full protective gear is worn by our GPs.

Its kinda nice to be able to provide updates on RF and to hear each other’s experiences. We can discuss and debate for sure. I may be too busy to respond but I’m listening to what you are all saying.

Stay safe! You are loved and appreciated.

 

[Rational Agnostic]

Huh? No, I want New Zealand closed down permanently, geez.

Are you aware of the economic ramifications of shutting down entire countries for long periods of time?