Daily review 05/03/2021

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27 comments on “Daily review 05/03/2021”

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  1. 1

    So today I have had:

    a text alert 10 hours after an earthquake warning of a tsunami alert

    a text alert 11 hours after an earthquake cancelling a tsunami alert

    a PM begin a COVID briefing talking about what is going on in France

    Auckland staying at level 3 for another 48 hours and then level 2 for another week despite zero COVID cases since the yo-yo announcement of yet another level 3 lockdown last weekend …

    Am I surprised when I see breach after breach of level 3 rules when I go for my daily walk … absolutely not!

    1. 1.1

      It's a shambles – an utter shambles I tell ya !

      Snuffing out or containing Covid early continues to pay off in quality of life for places like New Zealand, Taiwan and Australia, which have been in the Ranking’s top 10 since its first edition in November. A major gap remains between these top performers and the rest of the world, despite their vaccination drives trailing the U.S., U.K. and Europe.
      https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/

      1. 1.1.1

        Looking backwards is one thing.

        Looking at the present and “shambles” is probably a pretty good description.

        1. 1.1.1.1

          I don't trust 'shambles shouters‘, and COVID management is all about trust, imho.

          The ‘shambles shouters‘ will be very vocal this year, regardless of outcomes. Still, gives them something to do; maybe they even believe it’s helpful/productive.

            1. 1.1.1.1.1.1

              Fairly straightforward, I would have thought.

              The Bloomberg link @1.1 provides an on-going objective assessment of how well NZ is fairing vis-à-vis the global pandemic. It's not up to me to explain why NZ's COVID health outcomes are at odds with the 'shambles shouters'.

              Imho the COVID 'shambles shouters' cannot be trusted – they have jumped the gun so often that their credibility is completely shot.

              Perhaps a few examples of COVID 'shambles shouters' will help the penny drop.

              Managed Isolation Still A Complete Shambles (Woodhouse)

              He [Woodhouse] called out the Ministry of Health for the "shambles" quarantine has become.

              Muller and his National party colleagues have spent weeks criticising the government’s Covid-19 response as a “shambles”.

              "That’s partly because, these past few weeks, everyone has quite rightly been more preoccupied with the shambles at the border and in our quarantine centres." (Muller)

              'A complete shambles' (Goldsmith)

              "Why is it, given this is far from the first time we've dealt with lockdown issues, that we still have the same rinse and repeat shambles?" (Hoskings)

              "I understand there is considerable anger within the Auckland medical community about this shambles." (Bishop)

          1. 1.1.2.1.1

            I like so many have stopped listening…

            Which is why we've been in L3 for a week, with another week in L2 to come. My advice would be to listen a bit harder.

          2. 1.1.2.1.2

            I don,t mind the wolf calling as long as he doesn,t finally come… like I don,t mind running to high ground after the tsunami sirens go even if the tsunami was not so big in the end . Better safe than sorry.

    2. 1.2

      So today I have had:

      a txt alert 10 min after the local Tsunami Sirens started in my Community, about a half hour after the last quake that put my region in harms way. Excellent work

      a txt alert once it was deemed safe to return home, gratefully received.

      a PM begin a PRESS Conference (not a Covid briefing) of all the days happenings detailing some of todays important issues

      an announcement of the carefully thought out by experts decision to complete the full 7 days lockdown as advertised (some people criticised the shortness of the previous 3 day lockdown)

      Some people just love a good cheese with their half empty WHINE.

      Cheer up dude, you're alive.

      1. 1.2.1

        Lucky it wasn’t a real alert … if real, 10 hours after the fact telling me there is a tsunami when I live 30 metres from an affected coastline is um, crap.

        1. 1.2.1.1

          Did you feel the quake? was it long and strong? did you get gone?

          There is such a thing as personal responsibility. I presume you wouldn't wait if you were in an building during an earthquake.

          I was in my car, evacuating 10 min before the txt came. I'm glad you are safe.

          1. 1.2.1.1.1

            Well done being gone 10 minutes before the text. We were gone 6 hours before the text. When it finally came, it was a complete waste of time.

        2. 1.2.1.2

          Note to GNS: specify that in future alerts ONLY go to those humans within reach of a tsunami.

          Or David: just turn of your alerts if you think you are out of range. Oh, and yes, the alert was real. We just got lucky. If you think you are safe to dive without a seatbelt, go for it.

        3. 1.2.1.3

          But you were not 30 metres from an affected coastline, were you? Are you making up crap? Are you perhaps an Aucklander who happens to be well outside Auckland?

          Do you know there is time gap between lightning flash and thunder depending on the distance from the observer?

          Did you know there is a time gap between earthquake and (potential) tsunami depending on the distance from the observer.

          Did you know it was not false alarm today?

          Why are you spreading misinformation here?

    4. 1.4

      Hi David, is your surname Seymour by any chance? and yet the coastal areas under threat were well evacuated, no new Covid cases and the country is moving levels……,

      you merely come on here to criticise Jacinda and the government’s efforts. Since you think it’s all so bad, feel free to move. Brazil? UK?
      Melbourne Australia ( in the middle of the year). In others words if you don’t like it p… off

      [Fixed typo in e-mail address]

  2. 2

    Attention Sysop:

    We have a troll in our midst. Name's David. A bit of a dim bulb. Might need a spot of encouragement to move on.

    1. 3.1

      In Cities Where Chokehold Bans Already Exist They’re Largely Ineffective

      But an NPR review of bans on neck restraints in some of the nation’s largest police departments found them largely ineffective and subject to lax enforcement. And when chokeholds specifically were banned, a variation on the neck restraint was often permitted instead.

      …

      Some of the biggest police departments in the country have already instituted bans on chokeholds. The Los Angeles Police Department banned what’s called the “bar-arm chokehold” in 1982. The New York Police Department banned chokeholds in November 1993 – except when an officer’s life is in danger. And the Chicago Police Department did the same in May 2012. Philadelphia and Houston have similar policies.

      https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/877527974/how-decades-of-bans-on-police-chokeholds-have-fallen-short

      1. 4.1.1

        I can only hope the buyers will actually learn something from Dr Seuss they obviously missed out growing up.

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