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If it turns out that a safe/effective vaccine is NEVER going to happen (which is also possible) then they’re absolutely fecked. What would their strategy be then?
Regarding Nz - I have friends and family there;
- They’ve proven themselves to be trustable
- The public has been exposed to lockdown measures
- They’ve been shown that they work
- They have had a clearly defined scale in place that everyone knows
Their long term strategy is based around mitigant treatment, not a vaccine.
There’s no element of gambling. They’re just biding their time. The rest of the world is running trials on drugs, running several dozen types of social experiments.
NZ doesn’t have the resources to lead. So it’s chosen to manage their country, then follow and adopt the best proven standards from other countries.