Thread by @andrewhdean, As much of the UK goes back into yet another severe lockdown [...]

As much of the UK goes back into yet another severe lockdown and cancels Christmas, I'd like to remind you of the many Serious Business groups that said that New Zealand must 'let the virus in' for the sake of the ~economy~

My family and friends are chilling on the beach and living their best lives, while I face yet another month of not being allowed to see people

Here is David Seymour discussing the need for New Zealand to live with the virus. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/08/act-leader-david-seymour-wants-new-zealand-to-accept-new-reality-that-covid-19-is-here-to-stay.html

ACT leader David Seymour wants New Zealand to 'accept new reality' that COVID-19 is 'here to stay'...

The ACT leader wants the Government to learn from Taiwan.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/08/act-leader-david-seymour-wants-new-zealand-to-accept-new-reality-that-covid-19-is-here-to-stay.html

Here's Simon Bridges saying 'the medicine can't be worse than the cure', which is both obviously true and heroically dumb. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/414821/covid-19-simon-bridges-defends-stance-after-backlash-from-post-criticising-government

Covid-19: Simon Bridges defends stance after backlash from post criticising government

National Party leader Simon Bridges has defended his social media post that copped backlash for criticising the government after the lockdown extension.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/414821/covid-19-simon-bridges-defends-stance-after-backlash-from-post-criticising-government

Here's Todd Muller saying that keeping borders closed is untenable https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/national-leader-todd-muller-says-leaving-border-closed-until-world-eliminates-covid-19-or-vaccine-is-untenable/QXNEUO6WH46YNGKMPNBAZHUBKQ/

National leader Todd Muller says leaving border closed until world eliminates Covid-19 or vaccine...

New Zealand cannot wait for vaccine or other countries to eliminate Covid, Muller says.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/national-leader-todd-muller-says-leaving-border-closed-until-world-eliminates-covid-19-or-vaccine-is-untenable/QXNEUO6WH46YNGKMPNBAZHUBKQ/

Here's the NZinitiative saying-and-not-saying that New Zealand needs to learn to live with covid. JUST ASKING QUESTIONS OK. https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/learning-to-live-with-covid-19

Learning to live with Covid-19?

At the end of this week, New Zealand is back in a situation we hoped to have left behind. With Auckland in lockdown and the country on alert, Covid-19 is back. Perhaps the virus entered on some...

https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/learning-to-live-with-covid-19

If anyone was wondering about the death drive of economic rationality, the last 10 months of the National Party and business groups calling for a virus to be imported - and hence for mass death - has been quite revealing.

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Here's another from the 'learn to live with the virus' brigade https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/air-new-zealand-boss-says-no-trans-tasman-flights-until-march-20200919-p55x9i.html

Air New Zealand boss says no trans-Tasman flights until March

'I never got to experience Air New Zealand in anything but a crisis,' says Foran in his first major interview with an Australian publication.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/air-new-zealand-boss-says-no-trans-tasman-flights-until-march-20200919-p55x9i.html

This crew of mostly academics (some public health researchers; some economists) were beating the drum for a long time, and were pretty influential for a while https://www.covidplanb.co.nz/

A balanced response to COVID-19

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https://www.covidplanb.co.nz/

More from the 'just asking questions' brigade, which is definitely genuine and not a concerted effort from a lobby group to attack the elimination strategy. Weird, that phrase 'learning to live with the virus' comes up again. https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/some-inconvenient-questions

The inconvenient questions over NZ's virus setback

After a Covid-free century of days since the country’s last case, 11 August will be remembered as the day the lustre wore off New Zealand’s triumph over the coronavirus. With Auckland at Alert Level...

https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/some-inconvenient-questions

I somehow forgot Matthew Hooton's column, where he argues for controlled entry of coronavirus within 18 months

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/covid-19-coronavirus-matthew-hooton-lockdown-life-cant-go-on-much-longer/CJVMAABYMG5VADXVK6VJS6K73E/

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