How do New Zealand’s leaders think they’ll win their “war” on COVID?
COVID-positive citizens are currently being forcibly quarantined in hotels, guarded around the clock by military personnel. They don’t get to leave until they test negative. Some have pointed to the swanky digs as proof that its not as inhumane as it sounds. But forced imprisonment and isolation is about as totalitarian as a government can get. And as is the manner of all totalitarians, New Zealand has banned photography and video of the facilities. For the safety of the “guests”, of course.
The hotels will run out of room very soon. COVID-19 is extremely contagious, but also extremely mild. Cases in New Zealand will increase, just as they have everywhere. What happens when the hotels fill up? I’d bet a silver dollar that the internment camps are being built as I type. And they will be filled.
The “stop COVID at all costs” strategy will bring with it the highest of costs. Are New Zealand’s leaders really willing to force their citizens to pay up?
The War on COVID is a quagmire for all foolish enough to take it on.
New Zealand PM on what happens at their mandatory, military-enforced COVID-19+ quarantine facilities: “What do we do if someone refuses to be tested? Well, they can’t now. If someone refuses to be tested, they have to keep staying. They won’t be able to leave after 14 days.” pic.twitter.com/kODiMqNURB
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) August 20, 2020
