New Zealand to go into snap 3-day lockdown following COVID case in Auckland

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[–]thefirststone 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I wonder what "confirmed" means.

They don't know if it's delta, which means they haven't bothered to sequence it. Which means it could be anything that sets off a positive test. They also curiously omit the vaccination status of the couple.

NZ would arrest me for the hate-speech hypotheses I'm brewing. Like, maybe it's a cold or the flu.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

NZ is progressing slowly. About 1/3 fully vaccinated.

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-vaccine-data

They're sequencing it. The results will be available tomorrow.

They define confirmed as

A case that has laboratory definitive evidence. Laboratory definitive evidence requires at least one of the following:

  • detection of SARS-CoV-2 from a clinical specimen using a validated NAAT (PCR). Very weak positive results will only be labelled a confirmed case when the result is confirmed on a second sample.
  • detection of coronavirus from a clinical specimen using pan-coronavirus NAAT (PCR) and confirmation as SARS-CoV-2 by sequencing
  • significant rise in IgG antibody level to SARS-CoV-2 between paired sera.

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    [–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    New Zealand is an obedience school.

    Total covid deaths of just 26 though.

    As a preferred retreat of world elites they want the “herd” well trained for the coming trauma so the remaining will be frozen ghostly with fear and double-plus compliant.

    Who are these elites that prefer NZ as a retreat?

    they want the “herd” well trained for the coming trauma

    What coming trauma is this?

    Can’t have disobedience and free thought when their betters arrive enmass to rule their new utopia.

    It's not that easy to get NZ citizenship.