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For three days, because they have found a single "in the wild" case: New Zealand plunged back into snap lockdown after single Covid case detected[^]
Well done NZ! That's the way to handle it, rather than pussy footing around ... 
The really interesting bit is at the end, where it talks about the Delta Variant:
Quote: Officials earlier on Tuesday outlined details of unrelated virus cases found at a border quarantine facility in Auckland that showed how easily the delta strain spreads.
An investigation found three people sharing a room were infected by a delta case staying across the corridor after their doors were both open at the same time for just three to five seconds.
There (presumably) has to be more to it than that, but ... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: There (presumably) has to be more to it than that
Rule by fear.
The reactions of governments is now beyond ridiculous. The virus is here to stay and no amount of lockdowns, quarantines or red lists is going to change that. The sooner we all get back to normal the sooner we (and future generations) will be able to live with it.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: The sooner we all get back to normal the sooner we (and future generations) will be able to live with it.
I can't imagine, that we'll be able to "go back to normal". But I agree that we should accept it is here to stay (at least for a good while) and try to evolve and adapt, creating a newer version of "normal". Trying to live respecting it, but not fearing it to the point of shutting everything down every few months.
M.D.V. 
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The lockdowns are not for stopping the virus in it's tracks.
They're for slowing down the spread so hospitals are not overrun to beyond capacity, like is happening in the South right now.
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I know... and I actually am not against them. But it pisses me a bit off, how they are being politized and partially missused.
M.D.V.
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I think "normal" is gone forever. What is "normal" by the way? I disagree that it is "rule by fear".
Commander Vimes
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I really doubt all it took was two doors to be open for 5 seconds. If it were spreading that easily, then every country where Delta is present would have been overwhelmed.
Cheers,
Vikram.
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COVID foreva
Lockdown foreva
Masks foreva
Fear foreva
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Slacker007 wrote: COVID foreva
Lockdown foreva
Masks foreva
Fear foreva
Government control foeva. (Completed it for you)
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A bogyman of your own imagination.
Congratulations. You fear your own dreams.
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It's a very popular style: whatever the government does is equated to some sort of Orwellian overreach. It's easier than accepting that, like it or not, everyone does not have the right to do whatever they want. That the rights of other people in the world exist and may, at times, interfere with their own rights. That their decisions may negatively impact others. That . . . when it really comes down to it, their mindset is an endless "me first".
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I know, right? Ask them for the last instance of "government control" and you get crickets.
In my humble opinion, the last time we ever came anywhere close to "government control" was when over 2 million people were drafted for the Vietnam war.
But according to them, "wear a mask?! Oh, the horror of government control!"
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Don't forget the Science bit: the vaccine includes a government tracking chip that can monitor everything you do!
Without ever needing charging, although their mobile phone with a much, much bigger battery struggles to last a whole day ... and already monitors everything they say, and everywhere they go.
Consistency: that's probably fake news as well. 
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I still get +8 points when you thumbs down my post. Awesome!! 
I am glad though, that it was you. Brings back memories of the Soapbox, and how much fun we had there.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: hat the rights of other people in the world exist and may, at times, interfere with their own rights. That their decisions may negatively impact others.
Exactly... your rights end, where the rights of the next person start.
Here in Germany is really sad to see and to hear some people.
Heck... once in the hospital, medics coming to do the daily visit and a woman asking them to come back later because she was having a phone call.   Seriously? You are in the hospital not in an ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) ing spa
I partially welcome the new meassures:
You want to go somewhere? You have to prove your shot, your recovering or a test no older than 24 hours. And the free tests end next month. So... if you have not had it or you are not vacunated, you will have to pay for all the tests from your own money.
You go on holidays to a not "green" place, you come back and you have to do quarentine. You have COVID and you get ill, you have medical cover but you don't get sick leave (no money for the days you don't work).
M.D.V. 
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Got it correct there. 
Carrot
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I love these B-List(C-List?) action movies from day of old.
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Lockdowns are for prisons. Apparently Kiwis are all prisoners. I wonder if the crime they committed is trying to live free while voting for prison guards.
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What emotional dribble. New Zealand for the last 18 months have pretty much been able to live very normal lives without much concern for COVID. The lockdowns are part of that fight for our freedom!
Modern day softies have lost sight of the need to fight and protect your country’s freedoms and are now too concerned with petty self interests.
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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I hate to be critical, but that's just plain STUPID! Not saying you are, just the statement.
The mayor of New Orleans initiated a lockdown when covid first appeared. Restauranteurs and Bar owners, complained, but we wound up having the LOWEST infection rate in not only Louisiana, but all of the Southeastern U.S.
I wonder how many lives were saved?
Corporal Carrot
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Today, I was reading a Code Project article about the announcement of the new eBPF Foundation.
I was taught in English 101 that the first time an abbreviation such a eBPF is used in an article, the author, as a courtesy to the reader and for clarity, should spell it out.
Now, somewhere along the line, I missed what eBPF stood for, so I had to go searching. It turned out that eBPF is an extension of BPF. So, my question became--"What the HELL is BPF?" And this lead to more searches to discover that the author was talking about "Berkeley Packet Filter".
So I am asking people to spell out what an abbreviation stands for the first time it is used or, as my mother would say, IWCOTABYA.
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rjmoses wrote: And this leadled to
FTFY. 
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On the other hand, if you spell out what the initialism/acronym stands for every time you use it, then you might as well not use it at all. 
I used to laugh whenever I watched one of the many UK "traffic cops"-type shows, where they'd repeatedly refer to "ANPR, which stands for Automated Number Plate Recognition". If you're going to say that every time, you might as well drop the "ANPR, which stands for" part.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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You couldn't be more wrong. Only one time, when first mentioned, is all it takes.
No one can know the meaning of every acronym. Particularly when applied to the myriad of software and hardware items in the dev universe.
And Yes, with cut and paste I am in favor of doing away with acronyms.
Zaphod
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