Thanks Jay Jay
Explain to us what parts are incorrect?
Ok, before I get to the mis representation of the Isolation, here's a bit of a picture.
New Zealand has a very left leaning Socialist Prime Minister. She is the lefts poster child!
Covid-19; Australia & New Zealand jumped on this very quickly. Yes, we have a lot of restrictions, but, we have one of the lowest infection and death rates.
We also don't have a Constitution like the US-we still consider ourselves free, and the majority of people ( I'm guessing 95% ) are ok with our restrictions. Now, we are slowly, but surely, returning to restriction free living.
1. There are no quarantine camps in NZ ( or Aus ). To liken mandatory quarantine to a camp is ridiculous. My dad and his parents were in a German camp - I know if he had the choice, he would take quarantine over a Nazi camp any day. It's 14 days!! If you are a local, you get to stay at home for 14 days. The hotels are for those flying in from overseas. You have a choice, don't fly to NZ, or spend 14 days in a hotel. After the 14 days, if you are covid free - guess what?? You go home!!!
2. Government Mandated Education Camps - nice way of saying schools. Yes, same in Oz, people were asked to work from home, and home school kids. China has Government Mandated Education Camps - where is that outcry? No one was "forced" to go to school - here in Aus we had the choice, keep the kids at school, or send them. Not all schools are Govt run either, we do have a whole swag of private religious/secular schools. I don't recall kids being forced to these re-education camps.
3. The NZ Govt is not fascist - it's left leaning Socialist. I could argue they are the same, but to compare NZ to Fascist Germany is nothing but media attention grabbing grubby media bias.
The difference is this - a US reporter ( right leaning ) looks at NZ through their own biases and leaning - and "sees" something wrong with what is happening, and then comes out the reporting that is biased to their own world view. They see quarantine as something the Nazis would force you to do, so they make this assumption, which is wrong. But in the reporters eyes, they are seeing the truth, and those who don't see this 'truth' are blind and deceived. I get that, and yes, both left and right are guilty, as am I. Both sides are guilty of twisting truth to fit with their bias.
My view on the lockdowns - our Govt is conservative ( right leaning ). They imposed lockdowns on a Federal and State level. And yes, if you refused to go into quarantine, you were forced into it. Do I have a problem with that? No I don't - why allow someone to roam free in society who could be a super spreader.
But many in the US view see this as draconian and taking away one's rights, an infringement of your liberty and Constitutional rights.
Am I right? Am I wrong? Are you right? Or are you wrong?