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The masks not being mandatory seemed to be a lot more about the legal framework more than anything else, maybe trying not to repeat the 9 days of illegal lockdown


Maybe - but surely if they are able to enforce it for public transport then why not all else?


Guess it will be in the details ...

Monkey Magic wrote: Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:15 am The masks not being mandatory seemed to be a lot more about the legal framework more than anything else, maybe trying not to repeat the 9 days of illegal lockdown

Maybe - but surely if they are able to enforce it for public transport then why not all else?

If ardern was serious about ‘eliminating the virus’ as she keeps banging on about then why is mask wearing not mandatory in all public places

Just ‘strongly encouraging’ people to do something doesn’t work as shown by the vast majority of people out and about not wearing a mask in Auckland

The ...

Since when is monitoring the pragmatic approach

I would tend to agree with prof skeg and des Gorman that it's absolutely ridiculous that 63% of associated workers haven't been tested as of last week

That's total incompetence and failure of a basic level of care required that everyone ...

So then apparently nearly 2/3rds of Auckland's border isolation staff have never been tested. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/nearly-two-thirds-of-nz-s-covid-19-border-isolation-staff-had-never-been-tested-a-week-ago.html

That is rather shocking and coupled with the ...