The Winners: Countries succcessfully addressing COVID-19

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, Feb 14, 2021.

  1. wrbtrader

    wrbtrader

    Another example of one of the countries that's been taking the Covid Pandemic very seriously and their performance against Covid has been the best models in the world.

    wrbtrader
     
    #31     Apr 12, 2021
  2. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Bhutan vaccinated 93% of the adult population in only 16 days
    https://www.insider.com/bhutan-vaccine-adult-population-in-only-16-days-2021-4
     
    #32     Apr 13, 2021
  3. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    #33     Apr 13, 2021
  4. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    #34     Apr 13, 2021
  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Let's take a look at what you can do in countries that effectively address COVID.

    More Than 50,000 Attend Concert In New Zealand After Country Ends Pandemic
    https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/more-...t-in-new-zealand-after-country-ends-pandemic/

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    More than 50,000 people have attended a concert in New Zealand after the country has more or less ended coronavirus.

    While many other countries are still adhering to lockdown measures, New Zealanders are returning to normality, with a reported 50,000 fans attending a concert on the night of Saturday, April 24.

    The crowds of music lovers turned up to central Auckland’s Eden Park to see Six60, a six piece band which has been on tour since measures were lifted.



    As reported by RNZ, this marked the very first time that a New Zealand group had headlined a concert at the sporting stadium.

    Back in January, Eden Park was given permission to hold up to six concerts annually without being required to gain resource consent for each, a move which Eden Park chief executive officer Nick Sautner believes will help boost the economy.

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    #35     Apr 25, 2021
  6. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    New Zealand previously announced that they are not in a rush to get their population vaccinated since they have effectively addressed the COVID issues. In fact the country has donated some of their doses to nearby nations. The doses administered to date in New Zealand have been focused on workers engaged in assisting incoming travelers (airport, quarantine hotels), elderly people with severe conditions, some healthcare workers, and their Maori / Pacific Islander population.

    New Zealand's vaccination program is built on Pfizer and a plan to take it slow
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-27/new-zealand-covid-vaccination-program-on-track/100071086

    All New Zealanders are likely to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and that clarity has generated a lot of trust in the rollout, but as winter approaches there is anxiety in some vulnerable communities.

    At the Manurewa Marae in South Auckland, staff can administer 300 doses of the Pfizer drug each day.

    At the moment, about 100 whanau, or family, are taking up the offer.

    The clinic is the first of its kind.

    A marae is an important place for Maori and Pacific Islander people. It's like a community centre, but one that is steeped in cultural and religious significance.

    The vaccinations are happening inside the marae's wharenui — the most sacred part of the building — as a way of connecting with the community and encouraging Maori people to protect themselves from COVID-19.

    The feeling here is that while the vaccination rollout has been slow, that was always the plan.

    Manurewa Marae chief executive Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp said there had always been reservations about the vaccines among whanau.

    "We were very clear from the beginning here at Manurewa Marae that we will take this slowly," she said.

    Ms Kemp said South Auckland had hotel quarantine facilities and had seen local community transmission cases.

    "We're one of the most vulnerable communities and that's why it's really important for our local vaccination centre to be here," she said.

    "It's really important to show leadership among our Maori and Pacific families to say 'here we are whanau, we're here in our wharenui, our marae will take care of you, it's a safe place to come'."

    With vaccines available to frontline workers and at-risk communities, about 2.3 per cent of New Zealand vaccinations have been administered.

    It's slow going, but according to Helen Petousis-Harris, a vaccinologist at the University of Auckland, the real test will come in July.

    "That's when we open up access to the general population," she said.

    "That's when you need to have your maximum number of vaccinators on the ground ready to go and you need to have the vaccine in the country."

    The difference between Australia and NZ
    While Australia has rolled out nearly 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, New Zealand, with a population one-fifth of the size, has only rolled out 183,000.

    When Australia had targets for its COVID-19 vaccination program, the first promise was 4 million people would receive their first dose by the end of March and everyone would be fully vaccinated by the end of October.

    Then came delays, revised promises and the need to "re-calibrate".

    Since then, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has abandoned targets altogether, saying: "While we would like to see these doses completed before the end of the year, it is not possible to set such targets given the many uncertainties involved."

    In New Zealand, "they haven't overpromised," Ms Petousis-Harris said.

    "They've managed to deliver on what they've promised, or at least forecast," she said.

    "Not to say there's not been confusion, but by and large it does seem to be happening according to plan."

    Trust has also been boosted by New Zealand's move to secure Pfizer doses.

    After months of vaccine news, the public is wise to the difference between the purchase agreements being announced and the drugs being available in clinics and ready to use.

    What is interesting about the New Zealand experience is the timing of agreements.

    By mid-December, the New Zealand government had pre-purchase agreements with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Novavax and Johnson and Johnson.

    In March, the Ardern government shifted its vaccine strategy, snapping up an extra 8.5 million doses of Pfizer.

    The advance supply deals already covered the population multiple times over.

    But with the new Pfizer agreement, New Zealand had also secured enough of that drug for everyone.

    At the time, the Prime Minister announced Pfizer would become New Zealand's "primary vaccine".

    "This means all New Zealanders will have the chance to access the same vaccine," Ms Ardern said.

    Ms Petousis-Harris said that was a "done deal" with shipments expected to arrive in the second half of the year.

    "Having a single vaccine as the backbone of the program does make things easier," she said.

    "[The Pfizer vaccine] has turned out to be a very high bar set by the RNA vaccines, so I think once we saw how that was unfolding it prompted the purchase of additional doses."

    'Increased level of anxiety'

    New Zealand health authorities have been promising and delivering on a slow and steady rollout, but as winter approaches, the aged care sector is getting nervous.

    Jo van Leeuwen runs a residential home in Auckland and said ideally, her residents would have been vaccinated against COVID-19 before the trans-Tasman travel bubble opened.

    "I would have preferred if the rollout was sooner – before we opened the bubble – but I understand the economic drivers," she said.

    "For a few weeks in aged care we've been watching and asking, when are we going to get our vaccinations?"

    The sector wants things to speed up.

    Simon Wallace from the New Zealand Aged Care Association said the pace of the rollout was disappointing.

    "It is slower than we had anticipated following discussions and the work that we have done with the department of health," he said.

    "The aged care sector in New Zealand, it would be fair to say, has an increased level of anxiety now that the travel bubble has opened.

    "That level of anxiety has been fuelled by the fact the vaccination rollout has not happened as quickly as we'd like it to."

    According to Ministry of Health data, there are more than 400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine on hand in New Zealand at the moment.

    On Friday, the local health authorities kicked off aged care COVID-19 vaccinations in Auckland, saying the work would soon be scaled up.

    “There are over 180 Aged Residential Care facilities across metro Auckland so this is a significant undertaking but we will continue to scale up the outreach programme over the coming weeks with the support of our community partners and the facilities themselves,” northern region vaccination lead Matt Hannant said in a statement.
     
    #36     Apr 27, 2021
  7. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    The Anti-American sentiment by some of the folks on ET is breathtaking
     
    #37     Apr 27, 2021
  8. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    #38     May 3, 2021
  9. Ricter

    Ricter

    The definition of "American" is basically what's being discussed.
     
    #39     May 3, 2021
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Well first and foremost Americans are patriots who get vaccinated to stop global pandemics from sweeping our nation. COVID-deniers who refuse to get vaccinated are enemies of America. We should call these anti-vaxxers out and shame them as the horrible people they are.
     
    #40     May 3, 2021