>>12056565>I'm not saying NZ didn't have certain advantages, I just don't necessarily agree that they're going to end up like everyone else. *If* there's a safe and efficacious vaccine available in six months, NZ may very well get out of this with under 100 deathsThat's a big if to bet your entire economy on.
If the virus mutates, how effective is the vaccine going to be?
I agree NZ has the greatest chance of getting it right, out of every other country, because of its uniquely isolated geographic position. What I'm saying is that not every country has the chance of replicating this experiment. And a lot of countries have controlled the virus without resorting to lockdowns, like South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Uruguay.
>I'm not familiar with everything Argentina has done. I do notice the test rate is very low. How strict are the lockdowns?First foreigners had to stay in quarantine for 20 days. Then the lockdown was extended to the entire country on March 19.
Lockdown was very strict for the first month.
You could only leave your house to walk your dog, shop for groceries, medicine, medical or veterinary emergencies. Only essential businesses remained open. Face masks are mandatory and police was patrolling the streets enforcing the lockdown. Schools are still closed and borders are closed except for citizens.
Then in May they introduced some flexibilization, allowed people to take their kids on a walk once a week, allowed people to go running or similar sports, etc.
By June most of the country was open except the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area which is under a different jurisdiction.
Now in the capital non-essential businesses are being allowed to open, because cases there are falling, whereas in the metropolitan area the lockdown persists but cases are skyrocketing and nobody is paying attention to it anymore because small businesses need to work.
The provinces that have been open for a while are getting COVID-19 cases again.
