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Old Jul 8, 2021, 5:38 pm
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Mwenenzi
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Originally Posted by kiwifrequentflyer
Further proof that the sentiment on this forum that the borders being shut is a terrible travesty is not shared by the general public: https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/polit...pening-borders
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The reasons:
  • people are alive
  • compared to the rest of the world have lived close to a (preCV19) normal life

Total cases/1M population
USA..102,024.70......(1.00 USA rate)
UK......73,770.20......(1.38 USA - UK rate)
AU.........1211.89.. ...(84.19 USA - AU rate)
NZ.......... 573.39......(177.93 USA - NZ rate)

Deaths/1M population
USA 1,831.46 ......(1.00 USA rate)
UK.. 1,893.84........(0.97 USA - UK rate)
AU.......35.69........(51.32 USA - AU rate)
NZ.........5.39........(339.79 USA - NZ rate)
Source for July 07, 2021
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
https://ourworldindata.org/explorers...US~NZL~NAM~RUS

Australia would be close to NZ rate if the VIC state government had not failed to manage hotel quarantine last year
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Jul 8, 2021 at 7:45 pm Reason: 2 significant value
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