The U.S. news media has to change its messaging and start talking about what other countries are doing right. Maybe then, Americans will wake up and realize what a failure the response to COVID-19 has been. Nobody could praise our response if they were aware of the success of other countries.
As an American...as a Texan...I completely agree. I think it's time we drop the "United" because that's the biggest fucking joke. We aren't united. Our system of government thrives off of division and hatred. We are a country of 50 little countries who can't agree on shit. Half the country worship cheeto man while failing to recognize that he does not actually care about a single American life. He never has. Now he has no problem sacrificing our children. He called it a hoax and his worshipers are still following that narrative. He keeps calling it the "China Virus" when he's responsible for the highest death toll globally. He's literally the worst person on the planet right now and I don't know if I'll ever be "proud to be an American" again.
i am a visiter from Nepal (and with God's grace) stuck up in NewZealand. THANK YOU Madam Jacinda and great kiwis. I have seen with my own eyes what you are and how you act. God bless NZ, kiwis and Jacinda.
@@cdcdcst Nepal has had 107 deaths, NZ has had 22. Not sure on what planet YOU went to school but for the rest of us 107 is NOT lower than 22. Also you call NZ tiny compared to Nepal when NZ is actually twice the size of Nepal. So in both respects your completely & spectacularly wrong. Aren't you?
@@Frankieefootballmundial You must be careless about your own education. New Zealand will face the same fate as all other countries unless they stay isolated. When Trump wants to build a wall or stop flights from China he's criticised but she does it she's a hero. Brainwashed
The thing I love most about how we've handled the virus here in NZ is that, even now that our economy has been back in business for a while, we're not being complacent. We've been told over and over again that we could see covid again in our communities - especially with it raging around the world - and our govt has put aside a significant budget just in case we have to shut down again. I'm so very proud of our success so far, but I think it's more important that we're staying vigilant (and humble) even while we celebrate.
@@Roflcrabs how? I said we were told over and over that covid could be back. I said there was a budget put aside for future lockdowns. I said we were told not to be complacent.
@@Brigidzin my case it doesn't work unfortunately because corruption is rampant where I'm from . my dream is to live in a decent country I hate my self and parents for having me period and even much more for birthing me in state full of shit and corrupted officials and a system that keeps renewing itself by an unfair electorial law/procedure. God bless by the way I know you probably don't give a damn about people of my region of the world but we are not all bad
@william te whata We are a nation of immigrants. Our borders may be closed now but someday they will open and we welcome those who seek to join and live peacefully with us. As the Maori proverb goes He aroha whakato, he aroha puta mai.
brah!!! New Zealand has one of the smallest populations in the world lmfao of corse its going to be low! australia has like 5x more people than New Zealand lmfao.
Jordan Clark when did he say that and Australia isn’t. Most of the states have few to no cases. It’s just Victoria who at the moment has the most cases (that being 288 in Victoria) there’s been 2 in New South Wales. Besides that no other state is experiencing cases. And he never mentioned there being 0 cases
Het vi get your head out of the sand and look up countries with the same population size and number of cases with covid-19........ NZ isn’t so special haha so they really need to stop acting like they have outstanding precautions.
Proud to be a New Zealander. Brilliant leadership from Jacinda Ardern, our Government, the WHO, and Dr. Ashley Bloomfield. My gratitude goes to all of them. Be Safe and Be Kind.
Proud to have friends from Laos, Cambodia, Burundi, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Uganda, all poor nations with a larger population, higher pop density and much much lower number of cases and DEATHS!
@@matthewcrankshaw Read about Agenda21, Agenda2030, The Global Reset. Those super rich and crazy globalist, are using just a normal virus, to hide their agenda behind it. Read about The Global Reset in depth. Read The Rockefeler Fundation Raport 2010. They are trying to tranaform our world to one like n China. With a citizen points system, total invigilation, cashless society, population reduction All these tactics they are using now, is to cover up their evil intensions. Read about the vaccines- so hapilly promoted by charlatans like Gates. They all set this up for us. And your "lovely" prime minister is a part of that. The numbers of Covid death are actually lower than average flu, but the media are talking 24/h only about Covid. They also dont show other expersts opinions- those who are against lockdowns, and tell what Covid really is. Its a psychological warfare, they use fear to controll and enslave us....Do your own research.
I see school buses rolling through my neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona. The drivers are learning their routes. My thought? Innocent lambs are about to be led to slaughter.
You can't open schools until you have community spread under control. Even then schools in New Zealand were only open for children of essential workers, two weeks later they were open to everyone. I think you should wait. Good luck US, praying for you.
Clowns at the white house have not much to learn from lil NZ. Larger population poor nations have the real success, Laos, Cambodia, Cuba, Togo, Vietnam, Tanzania, Burundi and others.
New Zealand actually ended up ignoring advice from the WHO and the Chinese Ambassador by closing the borders, instead the Government listened to their scientists and friends in Taiwan and Singapore.
I'm a kiwi and I haven't thought on the virus for months now. Our hard work paid off. I lost my job and all my savings but I get welfare til i find a new job. I have no worries. I feel sorry for countries that still have it. It's fantastic to be back to normal. It's a real peace of mind.
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern displayed a great example of a great leader who cares for her constituents with compassion. This leadership save thousands of lives by rapidly testing all possible infected individuals and isolating confirmed cases. I hope other world leaders would do the same by gaining the trust from its citizens so the people will follow their government policies while showing compassion.
william te whata yeah very good and NZ has 18 people per square kilometre which would make pandemic management very easy indeed ..adding the fact that it’s also a place far from anything..now if sheep died from covid they’d be in trouble
Peter Collins well, not entirely correct ... much of our land is rural and sparsely populated yes ... but Auckland which is 1/4 of out total population 1210 people per square km. One statistic on its own does not paint an accurate picture. Our Covid successes come from the actions we took, sacrificing our personal freedoms and finances ... to look after and care for the most vulnerable in our community.
I sent the rain in Africa! I sent earthquakes to Christchurch! God brought Covid as the Christmas present! Best of all, as long as it tiny effect on the CCP - it worked!
Yes, the god of the Hindus or the Buddhists, since they are the majority. Or the so called god is a moron who created a bunch of morons who can not find his true path. I'd root for the majority, they can't be wrong. That is if I could be convinced with irrefutable proof, of course of the existence of that so called god.
We have a number of overseas people flying into the country. They must quarantine for 14 days in a specially equipped hotels and get tested twice before they are released into the general population. Two points here, 1/ new cases of COVID in NZ come from people flying in from overseas. 2/ These are the people we have had problems with escaping from the facilities before their 14 days are up and trying to enter the community. Based on that, open boarders would just take us back to square on unless you can guarantee that travellers will abide by the rules to keep everyone safe. As an FYI we are back to doing all the things we used to do pre COVID, schools are open, pubs, sports grounds etc. We followed the WHO guidelines and its back to business almost as usual, masks are optional but very few ware them because currently there is no reason to as we have already put in the hard yards and just remain cautious around our boarders.
I think we need to inforce the isolation with security guards and locks, but for example if there’s an American actress who has arrived here for a two week holiday, but she is told before she gets into her holiday she is told she will be taken away to a free hotel room for 2 week managed isolation first, then she can have her 2 week holiday, and the airport will organise a free flight for her to get back home, the hotel room has free wifi and free Netflix, a menu to order free breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and emergency supplies,
Everyone now has to negative at most 3 days before flying, then take 2 other COVID tests at the quarantine facility. NZ seem to be taking more caution now
So far we're holding firm in New Zealand, but still have to exercise good common sense and caution to keep it that way. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Prime Minister, Dr Bloomfield and all those involved, in keeping our Country free of what so many Countries are experiencing on a daily basis and giving us the ability to carry on our everyday lives, as normally as possible. THANK YOU.
Judith Collins maybe a 'crusher' but I don't think she will crush Jacinda Ardern this election. What Jacinda has done this year alone, no other leader can do or has ever done.
Herd immunity apparently... They live in a country where the vote in a person who gives less than a shit about them. Taxes go to destroying countries across the world through regime change instead of spending it on relief for there people and providing universal healthcare and tuition free post secondary.
Its a bit weird, but I remember the 2 days we had from announcement to lockdown were strangely exciting. This was a moment in history that we'll hopefully never experience again. I'll never forget the front page of NZ Herald on i think it was 24th March that had a black background and silver fern announcing our Team of 5 Million, and had an overwhelming sense of patriotism. Couldn't imagine being anywhere else.
Yeah it was kinder. It felt like we were making history. Because the whole world was involved too. I remember thinking we need to do this to save the world...only to realise after the lockdown we were one of the only ones who tried lolol...at least we nailed it tho
My previous coworkers cannot bring me a cup of coffee from inside the building as I, locked out, sit outside in daily silent vigil, because of "germs and contamination".
Laos = 7 plus million people, 20 total cases, ZERO DEATHS! Cambodia, Burundi, Tanzania, Vietnam, Uganda, Togo, Mozambique, much larger population, higher population density, LOW DEATHS!!!! That is a success!!
@@graemehenderson1743 Not to mention trust: people and government trusting each other and working together to carry out a plan. Look what happened. They seem to be doing something right.
brah!!! New Zealand has one of the smallest populations in the world lmfao of corse its going to be low! australia has like 5x more people than New Zealand lmfao.
Don’t get your hopes up I can see the invisible enemy coming back for revenge, revenge is like a ghost it takes everything it touches it won’t stop until the last man is falling
@@rees1785 Australia also has (as of the 23rd of July) 8 and a half times the cases and almost six times the deaths. And, Australia might have 25 million people (almost) compared to NZ's 5 million, but Australia also has a population density of 3.1 people per square kilometre, which is much less than NZ's 15 people per square kilometre, so in theory, the virus should have spread a lot faster in New Zealand than in Australia.
@@rees1785 You do seem to have a little chip on the shoulder - I keep reading your woeful story over & over again. New Zealanders had a saying during this Pandemic "- be kind to one another" - why don't you give it a go!
This made me emotional :) I spent the whole lockdown alone, away from family overseas and friends. I remember leaving work on the day it was announced and heading home wondering how long this was gonna last. I became a citizen of this amazing place in 2018 and am deeply grateful for every. single. day. I get to spend here.
@@xiurongzhang7044 No mate, it's NEVER going to happen, although some people there have taken the pandemic seriously, if the USA were to respond to the pandemic just like we did here in New Zealand there is no chance of it going that well, there would be too much protesting and so much violence from the people who are angered for demanding their freedom back. They already tried lockdowns and people protested, you've seen what happened from the capital riot and George Floyd events which obviously made things worse
@@Lotr2987 that's America for you, the reason why the pandemic never ends in America. Don't get why some people their have to protest over that if they've did what new Zealand did. Glad I live in Canada, which is a bit better much more people listen except some
You can piss and whinge all you like about how isolated NZ is, it's 5M population blah blah blah. The FACT remains NZ was on a similar trajectory pre-lockdown to Italy. The FACT remains had NZ "responded" like the US or the UK, NZ would be completely fucked. The FACT remains that when it comes down to it, population levels, proximity to other countries, whether you have land borders or oceans between your neighbours - none of that matters worth a shit. What matters is the response. And NZ's response speaks for itself. THAT is why it is in the position it's in now.
It's only Auckland, not the whole country .... We are still moving around freely .. . Just masks are required on public transport... A small thing to ask really .. No vaccines can be made mandatory in NZ and Australia . We are ANZAC hard! ... At the minute, we are trying to organise the Blefisloe Cup happen. Have some faith, cousin!👍💞
That is the way to do it. Unfortunately many countries did not follow the WHO guidelines, they just criticized and did politics, these actions caused many death in the country.
brah!!! New Zealand has one of the smallest populations in the world lmfao of corse its going to be low! australia has like 5x more people than New Zealand lmfao.
@@obi4842 Covid 19 out of China? Can I suggest you look at Fort Detrick biological warfare laboratory in Maryland US! It would not be the first time they had a leak!
Good job NZ, officially your country is the best country on the world.... I hope our leader can make a decision like your leader.... Respect from Indonesian
I'm starting to think beyond government response there's the unfortunate part of this pandemic that has to be cultural. I adore and envy New Zealand's response to COVID as an American living in a dangerous city who is forced to work with the public to feed myself. I work Delivery, but the government in my state won't stop in-person dining. As much as I completely agree with everything New Zealand did, I couldn't help but think to myself, Americans would literally look at a government message saying ' you must stay home ' in a country with NO cases vs. a country with more than 10 million cases and freedom to do whatever they want.... and they would choose the latter. Seriously, if anything I'm so sickened by how many of my neighbours cannot deal with any sort of direction even if it means SAVING LIVES. At this point, seeing countries reopen and work back to normality step by cautious step, vs. seeing my country spiral out of control... I think in the wake of this, we will have to accept that the people here own some portion of the fault. I'm truly disheartened and convinced Americans as a whole have less compassion for their neighbours and loved ones than citizens of Pacific nations, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan. If you're reading this from any of those countries, appreciate that you live in a place where the response to COVID is a group effort, and not something for every man to figure out for themselves. Im ridiculed and mocked by almost everyone where I live for reducing contact, wearing masks, using shields, using goggles, using gloves, only ordering pickup and delivery. I wish I didn't have to go to such measures, but when I have vulnerable people to protect, and everyone I observe is going to bars, stadiums, concerts and clubs, what can I do? It would be a dream to live somewhere where we were all in an effort together, where I wouldn't be left to fend for myself...
We all need to learn from this Great Leader and we all could have the same success and be CV-19 Free as well. Please help all our Countries around the world figure all this out. Your a truly a Great Leader in CV-19
...makes me wonder why I flew back to the UK from NZ in mid March 2020. Wish I was a NZ resident! Just as well we've got vaccines .... after 110,000 have died.
My in laws were visiting from the UK. They came for a month and stayed till autumn. Happy to have them stuck in NZ for 8 months. Great visit with the grandchildren.
She really is, I still can’t believe we got this lucky (I mean, I voted for her, but people vote in a lot of countries). It’s her 40th birthday today so I finally sent her the thank you email I’d been meaning to send for a while.
lol! It’s all comes down to the age group, the mental states of the teenager of NZ. And how we cooked it! Not all the fried potato chip taste the same with the same name in different countries!
Im proud to be a kiwi, i worked through this pandemic, l work in the supermarket as a essential worker it was tough, people were panicking, we had security guards at the store poor things, the first week was crazy, i had to be very calm, it feels good being part of it, helping the community in our country, thank you Jacinda and the team yous did great, i look forward to voting for labour party again, as for the national nah they can get stuffed, they would not bother about the kiwis here only if you are rich cause that is all they support is the rich, National party are arseholes, they will be worrying about our economy nevermind the people.
So, we have hundreds of thousands of people getting together for football games on college campuses across our country with no ill effects. I don't know what your problem is.
So proud of us ! We did it . We love to win anything .. We won and saved our country .. thanks Jacinda for being a GREAT leader and pulling us together as a team x
@william te whata I agree. It wasn't the policy makers at WHO that won this fight. It's the people of NZ. People might jokingly call us sheep but when we knuckle down and come together, we get things done. Not many people know this but there were hotel apartments booked by the ministry of defense in Botany, Auckland and the Army were meant to move in to contain any uproars or riots (my mum worked at the hotel). Fortunately, NZers aren't stupid, so they never actually moved in. Well done NZ
New Zealand actually ended up ignoring advice from the WHO and the Chinese Ambassador by closing the borders, instead the Government listened to their scientists and friends in Taiwan and Singapore.
For those saying that we've only done so well because we're a small country, I would like to point out that that's not really true. Australia, for instance, has (as of the 23rd of July) 8 and a half times the cases and almost six times the deaths. And, Australia might have 25 million people (almost) compared to NZ's 5 million, but Australia also has a population density of 3.1 people per square kilometre, which is much less than NZ's 15 people per square kilometre, so in theory, the virus should have spread a lot faster in New Zealand than in Australia. The US has 65.6 times the population of New Zealand and almost 2600 times the cases and 6590 times the deaths, although the US has a population density of 92.9 residents per square mile or about 35.6 people per square kilometre. If you really want to downplay the success, you can say it's because we're an isolated country and therefore don't have to deal with the issues of land borders.
Spring is around the corner than summer. Can only hope we stay covid19 free. Hate to be in lockdown when the weather is great and during the holiday period.
total useless to have zero cases and a locked down state. in addition, NZL locked down so early. cases rising again. what u want? zero cases and international isolation? cases will always come in. it is a much bigger achievement of the huge countries like Germany or England (where England is really struggling) to get low number of cases. Germany has all the special industry, They have millions of immigrants in Berlin which did NOT social distance, celebrating Ramadan (an uneducated part that is, with education much lower than the lowest school finishers in NZL) and so on. yet they all have come down in cases, are open to international travel, and have special situations. so since NZL locked down early... they are just ahead of the curve. Netherlands has 20cases per day and is much bigger. they have Amsterdam, Rotterdam. Worlds mega ports. Amsterdam SChiphol. EU orders are open. THAT, my dear, is an achievement. Or in short: Dont be proud buildung a castle from sand, when others do the real job.
@@MrTiti New Zealand has covid cases because some NZ citizens returning to New Zealand have been infected with the virus before they arrive home. They are all placed in managed isolation facilities so there is no community spread. Kiwis were told from the beginning that elimination (of community spread) did not mean that the country would have zero cases of Covid-19 as the border would always remain open to NZ citizens wishing to return home. New Zealand will keep its border closed to international visitors until it's safe to open it. The Prime Minister has indicated that this could be 18 months - 2 years or even longer, if it needs to, until either a vaccine is available or the virus dies out as it did with SARS, Spanish Flu etc. They may consider opening the border earlier to countries who have managed Covid-19 well and have no cases in their community.. The New Zealand government made the right choice for our country as our hospitals would have been quickly overwhelmed by covid patients otherwise, and inevitably many more New Zealanders would have died. At the present time the economy is open and the government has announced that it is working on initiatives to get as many recently unemployed Kiwis into jobs as soon it can. The economy is in tatters, just as it is in every covid hit country, but New Zealand is able to focus on economic recovery now while many other countries and states are still in the lockdown phase. @MrTiti it may not be your intention, but you come across as being really bitter and jealous.
brah!!! New Zealand has one of the smallest populations in the world lmfao of corse its going to be low! australia has like 5x more people than New Zealand lmfao.
Yay! We did it! Yes, it was hard, however, if we have to lock down again, I am better prepared - pantry stocked with the basics etc. I finally have the survival kit Civil Defence has been banging on about for years! And if we lock down again, I think I am better prepared psychologically. I have to say, I enjoyed the peace and quiet of no traffic on the roads, and hugs to the hundreds who put teddy bears in their windows for the kids to hunt, and the painters of rocks who did the same. Yes, very proud to be a New Zealander because we looked out for each other. I was in Egypt when the call came to come home, so I did so immediately. Don't get why people are still coming in now when the call went out in March. They should stay out!
So proud to be a kiwi! Thank you Jacinda & Dr Bloomfield! Thank you to all our essential workers & those working hard to keep us where we are. Go our team of 5 million!
Proud to have friends from Laos, Cambodia, Burundi, Cuba where the nasty covid have claimed the lowest number of lives. Those are the real successes which the west is afraid to accept, and I wonder why?
@@larrygerry985 this will clearly continue under a government change to National should that happen next election. The momentum Covid-19 has created has made the disease bullet proof from currently available methods to ameliorate it's effects on a largely unprotected population should matters worsen.
"Dr. Bloomfield" is no longer allowed to use the title "Dr." because he never was, he has a "Masters in Surgery" and the only reason people called him "Dr." was because the position of Covid Manager or whatever it was allowed him too, but thats just wrong hence why no other positions in government auto allow "Dr." they just wanted to convince us that this idiot was a "Dr." so he would be trusted by the people, but he never was.
Good leaders employ good policy yielding good results. The New Zealand success story is a lesson in the importance of electing proper leaders who would listen to science.
NZ’s response had almost nothing to do with the bumbling WHO and their politically motivated “advice” e.g. claiming there was no evidence of human transmission well into January, and advising against travel restrictions. I love how they frame this video as a WHO success story.
So now you're a conspiracy theorist if you ask questions about ivamectin, it's a Nobel prize winning medicine, that could have relieved a lot of suffering, as both treatment and profalatic, if only someone could have made money from it, but with the patent run out and only costing 4 cents a pill why bother? As Dr John Campbell says, "It's about money, it really is that vulgar."
New Zealand owes its success not to the Chinese subsidiary WHO, but to Taiwan, the first and best model of success as a country against COVID. Without going into any lockdown, by the way.
I genuinely thought that I would never here that "This is a Covid-19 announcement" jingle again... well Level 2 isn't going to kill anyone and it's not like we have thousands of cases.
Someone here made a reply to my post saying our numbers in NZ were so low because we are very isolated and only have pathetically small towns. So please bear with me. Our biggest city has 1.4 million. My city has over 500000. Several other cities have over 300,000. 28 people died of COVID in NZ. That is 0.0005714 percent of the population. And it’s too many. They are loved ones. So we went hard and we locked down. We worked as a team and we supported each other. In the USA 0.13 of the population have died from COVID. That would be the same as 6370 people having died in NZ. Here in NZ we have been rewarded for our effort with an economy that is now in full recovery, our businesses are all open, unemployment is dropping to pre-COVID levels, our schools ALL return from our summer break tomorrow, and this weekend our beaches and parks and rivers are full of people grateful for our government from the top down down spending a whole year keeping us all on track. No injecting disinfectant here. No hoax. No ‘it is what it is’. 28 people dead is devastating to us. Yes we are isolated. It helped. But all sovereign countries that have the determination can be in control of their own destiny. So, wear your masks, wash your hands, stay at home, close your borders if you have to, it works! And listen to Dr Faucci.
They are rolling out "vaccine" in NZ. They would like every NZ citizen injected. 4 people who received pfizer jab dead already. Govt official stance is "no link to the jab..." ...pray for us...
Ya plus there a very isolated island. They’re far away from any populated major landmass plus it’s not exactly easy to illegally drive a boat from a major landmass across the pacific to reach NZ
Alex Wang but Britain is extremely close to mainland Europe. So someone could drive their boat from France, Spain or the neitherlands to the UK in a matter of hours. While to get to NZ it would take a boat. Plains exist but they’re pretty loud and you’ll make your presence obvious.
This is just one example of how USA isn’t the greatest country in the world and whoever thinks otherwise is literally insane. Personally, I think it’s embarrassing to call myself an American.
Great worked NZ ! Your country is one of the best country for living in the World. Very smart people in the administration of the country. Congratulations and enjoy your achievement and happiness !
Well yeah some of you guys watched us acting early and quick and many cooperated and it was definitely worth it, but there was a bit of a problem with the “USA messed it up rather than acting strictly and early just like us” and yes there was the refusal to implement an a total lockdown like ours and instead just keep some things open, and of course some people in the USA are extremely sensitive over their rights, and the George Floyd thing didn’t help, the protesting was insane! How do people still refuse to think it’s not real!
I had told the dumbo to carry out a 30 day’s isolation plan, or 14 days isolation duration with 7 days house arrest follow up. If the house arrest couldn’t be performed, then build more facilities that can house the house arrest role, if house arrest is too much then let them live in a 200% more enclosed mini retirement village like zones for the quarter final of the 7 days.
Yeah of course the USA can't relate to us, once cases are slowly increasing we lockdown early and hard to stamp out the virus, Donald Trump spent a lot of time mumbling stuff and downplaying the virus, and worrying about economic gains, he did at least do things like ban travel between China and the USA but it was already too late and the virus was spreading like wildfire,
I had been saving a variety of videos surrounding COVID-19 here on TH-cam. It was one of many things that I did as a way to cope with this sudden lockdown. Being one of many people that were living alone it was pretty daunting. From the people I meet knew briefly and my friends and family, some of the hardest things that I saw was people loosing family members over and not being able to go and be with their family and unable to attend their funeral.
Why haven't you returned already? The call went out in March! Sorry, but I'm angry that people are still coming in and expecting the taxpayer to pay for your quarantine.
@@adastrajane work, rental commitments, flights and waiting on a visa to bring my partner with me. Don't be angry, I paid taxes for over ten years in that country. Part of those taxes help run air NZ. So they should be paying for my flight to
Laos Cambodia, Cuba, Togo, Uganda, Tanzania, real success. Larger poor populations, lower deaths. Turkey more of a success than Germany. Biggest failures: USA, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Sweden.
New Zealand is isolated from the world, and low populated. Just close the airports and sea traffic and the situation can be brought under control. It is way more difficult situation for Europe or United States.
The UK could have done what NZ has done if the UK government had acted immediately instead of going down the herd immunity path initially. The UK is an island with no shared borders so it would have been possible but only if the country united to beat covid and obeyed the necessary rules of lockdown as the majority of New Zealander's did. The US is divided into states, and as such it would be much harder to protect the state borders, but had every state locked down early they would have been in a far better position than they are now. Some US states would have eliminated covid in their states earlier if they had kept theit borders closed and all would have had fewer cases. While acknowledging that New Zealand's population is tiny and has large areas of low density population, I stil think that hundreds of thousands of lives would have been saved in the UK and the USA if those countries leaders had taken the pandemic seriously from the outset.
Excuses really, most other countries stated no plan to combat Covid 19, while the UK were to slow on one side, Trump on America blamed the Governor's...New Zealand acted quickly and the government was transparent with their actions and reasons. Covid 19 brought out who the true world leaders are.
Turns out you were right. They just announced they can't control the spread and will have to learn to live with it. Which I'm assuming draconian measures like Canada where unvaccinated cannot participate in society. Have fun new zealand.
@@canadianbacon6536 They will do the same here once they try to get more people vaccinated. New Zealand is following Canadas lead and I am selling up in preparation for leaving. Everything is going down hill fast here. The obsession over race especially is idiotic.
Agreed the who failed they should of contained it in china but let it spread around the whole globe then they tried to tell us how to prevent it a joke
obi snake You do realise the WHO is an advisory organisation - and not a very big one at that. They don’t have armies or thousands of workers, how exactly would they have stopped it in China? China couldn’t stop Covid in China , and they have massive resources. Blaming WHO for the problems of nations too dumb to follow basic advice is a waste of time. The WHO don’t have the resources of the CIA, pentagon, CDC or even McDonalds - and those organisations couldn’t stop covid at China either. Folks have got a messed up understanding of how shit happens in this world.......
@@obi4842 are you dumb, China did contained it. They've told everyone on the news but most countries DIDN'T listen and do what right. If they've locked down too in other Asia places then this wouldn't be a global pandemic.
The woman is a one trick pony. While she's travelling around the world gathering plaudits as hard as she could, her own country lackes inspired leadership. In the meantime, she gives Nurses a pitifully small one persent wage increase and in contrast, one of the murderously violent Polynesian gangs three million dollars to rehabilitate the hundreds of people they sold drug's to in the first instance. The woman is a menace with an excellent PR/BS team specialising in presenting Ms Adhern as a modern day, Saint Teresa. The next general election will be a critical event that may see Ms Adhern hung out to dry in favour of what is hopped to be someone with true leadership qualities less interested in being adored, stardom has past her by now anyway, and the country would benefit greatly from her absence and someone else more interested in achieving a decent future for all New Zealaders taking her place.
The U.S. news media has to change its messaging and start talking about what other countries are doing right. Maybe then, Americans will wake up and realize what a failure the response to COVID-19 has been. Nobody could praise our response if they were aware of the success of other countries.
yes! when they had a lockdown, no one protested, they listened
These people are too egoistic to listen to others.
As an American...as a Texan...I completely agree. I think it's time we drop the "United" because that's the biggest fucking joke. We aren't united. Our system of government thrives off of division and hatred. We are a country of 50 little countries who can't agree on shit. Half the country worship cheeto man while failing to recognize that he does not actually care about a single American life. He never has. Now he has no problem sacrificing our children. He called it a hoax and his worshipers are still following that narrative. He keeps calling it the "China Virus" when he's responsible for the highest death toll globally. He's literally the worst person on the planet right now and I don't know if I'll ever be "proud to be an American" again.
@@Reina-1-43 You guys got to watch what you tolerate politically..It teaches them how to treat you...😪
I would agree with you there and with me as New Zealander I am so not going to the United States
i am a visiter from Nepal (and with God's grace) stuck up in NewZealand. THANK YOU Madam Jacinda and great kiwis. I have seen with my own eyes what you are and how you act. God bless NZ, kiwis and Jacinda.
Beautiful. Please come again. Xoxoxox
Nepal has a lower number of deaths than tiny NZ
@ took the words outta my mouth nice comment
@@cdcdcst Nepal has had 107 deaths, NZ has had 22. Not sure on what planet YOU went to school but for the rest of us 107 is NOT lower than 22. Also you call NZ tiny compared to Nepal when NZ is actually twice the size of Nepal. So in both respects your completely & spectacularly wrong. Aren't you?
@Tiny NZ twice the size of Nepal? WTF that has to do with the spread of a virus?
Couldn't be more proud to be a new zealander right now
You guys did a great job not like our incompetent president in America who is careless about the virus
@@Frankieefootballmundial You must be careless about your own education. New Zealand will face the same fate as all other countries unless they stay isolated. When Trump wants to build a wall or stop flights from China he's criticised but she does it she's a hero. Brainwashed
Epicurus _ I mean you guys were able to tackle the virus
Francisco Leon you do appreciate America is 75 times the size of New Zealand
@@TheSubpremeState 😊👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
The thing I love most about how we've handled the virus here in NZ is that, even now that our economy has been back in business for a while, we're not being complacent. We've been told over and over again that we could see covid again in our communities - especially with it raging around the world - and our govt has put aside a significant budget just in case we have to shut down again. I'm so very proud of our success so far, but I think it's more important that we're staying vigilant (and humble) even while we celebrate.
You like the way you vaccinate NZ population also. Dead last of the industrialized world. 17 bloody percent. That is amazingly bad.
Hey this comment aged a little poorly I'd say.
@@Roflcrabs how? I said we were told over and over that covid could be back. I said there was a budget put aside for future lockdowns. I said we were told not to be complacent.
Where does this Budget come from?
Should have Just locked NZ up for 3 years if you want no covid.
Where can I apply for New Zealand citizenship?
Stay where you are are and vote in a decent government. Then you wont need to come here
If you’re an Australian citizen and decide to move and work in NZ you’ll automatically get a citizenship
@@brianisme6498 not citizenship but permanent residency, but yeah effectively the same rights as a citizen
@@Brigidzin my case it doesn't work unfortunately because corruption is rampant where I'm from . my dream is to live in a decent country I hate my self and parents for having me period and even much more for birthing me in state full of shit and corrupted officials and a system that keeps renewing itself by an unfair electorial law/procedure. God bless by the way I know you probably don't give a damn about people of my region of the world but we are not all bad
@william te whata We are a nation of immigrants. Our borders may be closed now but someday they will open and we welcome those who seek to join and live peacefully with us. As the Maori proverb goes He aroha whakato, he aroha puta mai.
what a massive W for New Zealand
brah!!! New Zealand has one of the smallest populations in the world lmfao of corse its going to be low!
australia has like 5x more people than New Zealand lmfao.
@@rees1785 When has Australia reported zero cases to the WHO since the start of the pandemic lmao
Jordan Clark when did he say that and Australia isn’t. Most of the states have few to no cases. It’s just Victoria who at the moment has the most cases (that being 288 in Victoria) there’s been 2 in New South Wales. Besides that no other state is experiencing cases.
And he never mentioned there being 0 cases
Het vi get your head out of the sand and look up countries with the same population size and number of cases with covid-19........ NZ isn’t so special haha so they really need to stop acting like they have outstanding precautions.
@@rees1785feeling jealous?
Proud to be a New Zealander. Brilliant leadership from Jacinda Ardern, our Government, the WHO, and Dr. Ashley Bloomfield. My gratitude goes to all of them. Be Safe and Be Kind.
Proud to have friends from Laos, Cambodia, Burundi, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Uganda, all poor nations with a larger population, higher pop density and much much lower number of cases and DEATHS!
Proud to have friends from places with a MUCH better record. Laos, Cuba, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and others.......
Are you still proud with this fascist goverment and fake Covid pandemy?
@@bratbrat8208 In what way is New Zealand Fascist. And I think more importantly how is 1300000 global deaths due to COVID in any way fake?
@@matthewcrankshaw Read about Agenda21, Agenda2030, The Global Reset. Those super rich and crazy globalist, are using just a normal virus, to hide their agenda behind it. Read about The Global Reset in depth. Read The Rockefeler Fundation Raport 2010. They are trying to tranaform our world to one like n China. With a citizen points system, total invigilation, cashless society, population reduction All these tactics they are using now, is to cover up their evil intensions. Read about the vaccines- so hapilly promoted by charlatans like Gates. They all set this up for us. And your "lovely" prime minister is a part of that. The numbers of Covid death are actually lower than average flu, but the media are talking 24/h only about Covid. They also dont show other expersts opinions- those who are against lockdowns, and tell what Covid really is. Its a psychological warfare, they use fear to controll and enslave us....Do your own research.
Meanwhile the clowns over at the Oval Office are seriously considering opening schools again at 3 million cases
I see school buses rolling through my neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona. The drivers are learning their routes. My thought? Innocent lambs are about to be led to slaughter.
You can't open schools until you have community spread under control. Even then schools in New Zealand were only open for children of essential workers, two weeks later they were open to everyone. I think you should wait. Good luck US, praying for you.
Nearly 5.2 million.
Clowns at the white house have not much to learn from lil NZ. Larger population poor nations have the real success, Laos, Cambodia, Cuba, Togo, Vietnam, Tanzania, Burundi and others.
New Zealand actually ended up ignoring advice from the WHO and the Chinese Ambassador by closing the borders, instead the Government listened to their scientists and friends in Taiwan and Singapore.
I'm a kiwi and I haven't thought on the virus for months now. Our hard work paid off. I lost my job and all my savings but I get welfare til i find a new job. I have no worries. I feel sorry for countries that still have it. It's fantastic to be back to normal. It's a real peace of mind.
All the very best getting another job
I hope you bounce back, time for a new endeavour in profession perhaps??
Wishing you all the best of luck my bro
Good luck x
Good luck from the future ❤️
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern displayed a great example of a great leader who cares for her constituents with compassion. This leadership save thousands of lives by rapidly testing all possible infected individuals and isolating confirmed cases. I hope other world leaders would do the same by gaining the trust from its citizens so the people will follow their government policies while showing compassion.
So how many countries have 18 people per square kilometre? Taiwan Japan and South Korea have done much better
william te whata yeah very good and NZ has 18 people per square kilometre which would make pandemic management very easy indeed ..adding the fact that it’s also a place far from anything..now if sheep died from covid they’d be in trouble
Peter Collins well, not entirely correct ... much of our land is rural and sparsely populated yes ... but Auckland which is 1/4 of out total population 1210 people per square km. One statistic on its own does not paint an accurate picture. Our Covid successes come from the actions we took, sacrificing our personal freedoms and finances ... to look after and care for the most vulnerable in our community.
@@phillipcollins1103, the people are not spread out across the whole country. There are huge parts of the country where no one lives.
TME3 look at population density in London or even Dublin...it’s a different story
"A country (New Zealand) where my home country the Philippines can learn a lot but the problem was both in the government and my fellow citizens .?!"
Click on SORT BY and select 'newest first' and see the tone of the comments change . . .
I did, and seriously interesting. Glad people waking up.
As an American I say, "God Defend New Zealand!"
I sent the rain in Africa! I sent earthquakes to Christchurch! God brought Covid as the Christmas present! Best of all, as long as it tiny effect on the CCP - it worked!
Yes, the god of the Hindus or the Buddhists, since they are the majority. Or the so called god is a moron who created a bunch of morons who can not find his true path. I'd root for the majority, they can't be wrong. That is if I could be convinced with irrefutable proof, of course of the existence of that so called god.
Never trust in a deity; trust in medical science and Kiwi politicians.
THANK YOU
Ty very much
We have a number of overseas people flying into the country. They must quarantine for 14 days in a specially equipped hotels and get tested twice before they are released into the general population. Two points here, 1/ new cases of COVID in NZ come from people flying in from overseas. 2/ These are the people we have had problems with escaping from the facilities before their 14 days are up and trying to enter the community. Based on that, open boarders would just take us back to square on unless you can guarantee that travellers will abide by the rules to keep everyone safe. As an FYI we are back to doing all the things we used to do pre COVID, schools are open, pubs, sports grounds etc. We followed the WHO guidelines and its back to business almost as usual, masks are optional but very few ware them because currently there is no reason to as we have already put in the hard yards and just remain cautious around our boarders.
I think we need to inforce the isolation with security guards and locks, but for example if there’s an American actress who has arrived here for a two week holiday, but she is told before she gets into her holiday she is told she will be taken away to a free hotel room for 2 week managed isolation first, then she can have her 2 week holiday, and the airport will organise a free flight for her to get back home, the hotel room has free wifi and free Netflix, a menu to order free breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and emergency supplies,
Everyone now has to negative at most 3 days before flying, then take 2 other COVID tests at the quarantine facility. NZ seem to be taking more caution now
So far we're holding firm in New Zealand, but still have to exercise good common sense and caution to keep it that way. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Prime Minister, Dr Bloomfield and all those involved, in keeping our Country free of what so many Countries are experiencing on a daily basis and giving us the ability to carry on our everyday lives, as normally as possible. THANK YOU.
Lol this comment went down bad in history... XD
@@_Jitterbug ... Your made up history?
Judith Collins maybe a 'crusher' but I don't think she will crush Jacinda Ardern this election. What Jacinda has done this year alone, no other leader can do or has ever done.
Meanwhile America's pandemic plan is propping up a table somewhere
Herd immunity apparently... They live in a country where the vote in a person who gives less than a shit about them. Taxes go to destroying countries across the world through regime change instead of spending it on relief for there people and providing universal healthcare and tuition free post secondary.
@@blackmist12345678 🙄😏 if u say so😏🙄
Its a bit weird, but I remember the 2 days we had from announcement to lockdown were strangely exciting. This was a moment in history that we'll hopefully never experience again.
I'll never forget the front page of NZ Herald on i think it was 24th March that had a black background and silver fern announcing our Team of 5 Million, and had an overwhelming sense of patriotism. Couldn't imagine being anywhere else.
Yeah it was kinder. It felt like we were making history. Because the whole world was involved too. I remember thinking we need to do this to save the world...only to realise after the lockdown we were one of the only ones who tried lolol...at least we nailed it tho
My previous coworkers cannot bring me a cup of coffee from inside the building as I, locked out, sit outside in daily silent vigil, because of "germs and contamination".
Laos = 7 plus million people, 20 total cases, ZERO DEATHS! Cambodia, Burundi, Tanzania, Vietnam, Uganda, Togo, Mozambique, much larger population, higher population density, LOW DEATHS!!!! That is a success!!
@@galacticexorcist Oh! An idiot who denies the obvious, calls me a fool? ooookaaayyy!
She is an outstanding leader
Shivansh Verma President?🤪🤪Prime minister 😀😀😀
I agree. She is a great leader
@@Gang606 oops 😋
So this is what logic and common sense does...
@@graemehenderson1743 Not to mention trust: people and government trusting each other and working together to carry out a plan. Look what happened. They seem to be doing something right.
I love that I am a New Zealander xoxox
For democracy we stand!
Lest We Forget 🇳🇿🇳🇿❤❤
Well done New Zealand. 💖
brah!!! New Zealand has one of the smallest populations in the world lmfao of corse its going to be low!
australia has like 5x more people than New Zealand lmfao.
Don’t get your hopes up I can see the invisible enemy coming back for revenge, revenge is like a ghost it takes everything it touches it won’t stop until the last man is falling
rees- troll with your cut and paste argument that Australia has 5 x the population. Then why does it have 35 x the Covid cases?
@@rees1785 Australia also has (as of the 23rd of July) 8 and a half times the cases and almost six times the deaths. And, Australia might have 25 million people (almost) compared to NZ's 5 million, but Australia also has a population density of 3.1 people per square kilometre, which is much less than NZ's 15 people per square kilometre, so in theory, the virus should have spread a lot faster in New Zealand than in Australia.
@@rees1785 You do seem to have a little chip on the shoulder - I keep reading your woeful story over & over again.
New Zealanders had a saying during this Pandemic "- be kind to one another" - why don't you give it a go!
Me to couldn't be more prouder to be a kiwi with true leadership and team of 5 million in the simple words from Jacinda ardern be kind
This made me emotional :) I spent the whole lockdown alone, away from family overseas and friends. I remember leaving work on the day it was announced and heading home wondering how long this was gonna last. I became a citizen of this amazing place in 2018 and am deeply grateful for every. single. day. I get to spend here.
if only other countries can do the same thing as New Zealand
Then the entire world are CCP China and Russia!
US is likely not gonna happen. Too many people their don't listen
@@xiurongzhang7044 No mate, it's NEVER going to happen, although some people there have taken the pandemic seriously, if the USA were to respond to the pandemic just like we did here in New Zealand there is no chance of it going that well, there would be too much protesting and so much violence from the people who are angered for demanding their freedom back. They already tried lockdowns and people protested, you've seen what happened from the capital riot and George Floyd events which obviously made things worse
@@Lotr2987 that's America for you, the reason why the pandemic never ends in America. Don't get why some people their have to protest over that if they've did what new Zealand did. Glad I live in Canada, which is a bit better much more people listen except some
Very proud to be a Kiwi
You have done well New Zealand! Can’t say the same for Australia at the moment. We are now seeing community transmission at play. Sad times 😩
jack mccall *laughs in US*
Feels good to be in a team of 5 million kiwis successfully defeating the virus.👍
You can piss and whinge all you like about how isolated NZ is, it's 5M population blah blah blah.
The FACT remains NZ was on a similar trajectory pre-lockdown to Italy.
The FACT remains had NZ "responded" like the US or the UK, NZ would be completely fucked.
The FACT remains that when it comes down to it, population levels, proximity to other countries, whether you have land borders or oceans between your neighbours - none of that matters worth a shit.
What matters is the response. And NZ's response speaks for itself. THAT is why it is in the position it's in now.
As an Australian, I am really jealous because there are cases everyday in Melbourne
im so sorry for you in Melbourne ... our hearts go out to you. Arohanui
It's only Auckland, not the whole country .... We are still moving around freely .. . Just masks are required on public transport... A small thing to ask really ..
No vaccines can be made mandatory in NZ and Australia . We are ANZAC hard! ... At the minute, we are trying to organise the Blefisloe Cup happen. Have some faith, cousin!👍💞
As an American I am literally crying because America is a shit show and I feel trapped and suffocated and wish I lived in New Zealand
Trust me you don't want to be here
We were going good at first but now it's total bullshit.
Hardest flex of 2020
That is the way to do it. Unfortunately many countries did not follow the WHO guidelines, they just criticized and did politics, these actions caused many death in the country.
brah!!! New Zealand has one of the smallest populations in the world lmfao of corse its going to be low!
australia has like 5x more people than New Zealand lmfao.
@@rees1785 brah! Australia has 10x the land mass of nz. i sense jealousy . haha!
The who should have never let it get out of china they failed the world I'm sorry but it's the truth
@@obi4842
Covid 19 out of China?
Can I suggest you look at Fort Detrick biological warfare laboratory in Maryland US!
It would not be the first time they had a leak!
Good job NZ, officially your country is the best country on the world.... I hope our leader can make a decision like your leader.... Respect from Indonesian
I'm starting to think beyond government response there's the unfortunate part of this pandemic that has to be cultural.
I adore and envy New Zealand's response to COVID as an American living in a dangerous city who is forced to work with the public to feed myself. I work Delivery, but the government in my state won't stop in-person dining.
As much as I completely agree with everything New Zealand did, I couldn't help but think to myself, Americans would literally look at a government message saying ' you must stay home ' in a country with NO cases vs. a country with more than 10 million cases and freedom to do whatever they want.... and they would choose the latter.
Seriously, if anything I'm so sickened by how many of my neighbours cannot deal with any sort of direction even if it means SAVING LIVES.
At this point, seeing countries reopen and work back to normality step by cautious step, vs. seeing my country spiral out of control...
I think in the wake of this, we will have to accept that the people here own some portion of the fault.
I'm truly disheartened and convinced Americans as a whole have less compassion for their neighbours and loved ones than citizens of Pacific nations, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan.
If you're reading this from any of those countries, appreciate that you live in a place where the response to COVID is a group effort, and not something for every man to figure out for themselves.
Im ridiculed and mocked by almost everyone where I live for reducing contact, wearing masks, using shields, using goggles, using gloves, only ordering pickup and delivery.
I wish I didn't have to go to such measures, but when I have vulnerable people to protect, and everyone I observe is going to bars, stadiums, concerts and clubs, what can I do?
It would be a dream to live somewhere where we were all in an effort together, where I wouldn't be left to fend for myself...
You are a wise person. I hope things go better for you and your country in the future.
We all need to learn from this Great Leader and we all could have the same success and be CV-19 Free as well. Please help all our Countries around the world figure all this out.
Your a truly a Great Leader in CV-19
...makes me wonder why I flew back to the UK from NZ in mid March 2020. Wish I was a NZ resident! Just as well we've got vaccines .... after 110,000 have died.
My in laws were visiting from the UK. They came for a month and stayed till autumn. Happy to have them stuck in NZ for 8 months. Great visit with the grandchildren.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister is such a great leader 😍
She really is, I still can’t believe we got this lucky (I mean, I voted for her, but people vote in a lot of countries). It’s her 40th birthday today so I finally sent her the thank you email I’d been meaning to send for a while.
Julie Rose That was a nice gesture. I wish we had a leader like her here in the US
Kiwis rock🇳🇿🥝 So proud to be part of this team of 5 million heroes. Together we did it!
lol! It’s all comes down to the age group, the mental states of the teenager of NZ. And how we cooked it! Not all the fried potato chip taste the same with the same name in different countries!
@cogamers84 ain't New Zealands problem that your country is less organized, you had better start praying rather than calling our country pathetic
Im proud to be a kiwi, i worked through this pandemic, l work in the supermarket as a essential worker it was tough, people were panicking, we had security guards at the store poor things, the first week was crazy, i had to be very calm, it feels good being part of it, helping the community in our country, thank you Jacinda and the team yous did great, i look forward to voting for labour party again, as for the national nah they can get stuffed, they would not bother about the kiwis here only if you are rich cause that is all they support is the rich, National party are arseholes, they will be worrying about our economy nevermind the people.
Thank you for your essential work to help us all :D
Thank you :)
Jennifer Williams you are so welcome, it worked for all of us kiwis, im proud to be a part of it.
J Bear you are welcome great to be part of the essential needs team.
At least new Zealand isn't racists and listens to the prime minister unlike America who wants freedom and never listen and work together.
So, we have hundreds of thousands of people getting together for football games on college campuses across our country with no ill effects.
I don't know what your problem is.
Mind showing us the names of the colleges engaging in these practices and how they can defeat an enemy they cant even see
So proud of us ! We did it . We love to win anything .. We won and saved our country .. thanks Jacinda for being a GREAT leader and pulling us together as a team x
Hello beautiful
This video didn't age very well
Well done New Zealand for listening to WHO. Congratulations
@william te whata I agree. It wasn't the policy makers at WHO that won this fight. It's the people of NZ. People might jokingly call us sheep but when we knuckle down and come together, we get things done. Not many people know this but there were hotel apartments booked by the ministry of defense in Botany, Auckland and the Army were meant to move in to contain any uproars or riots (my mum worked at the hotel). Fortunately, NZers aren't stupid, so they never actually moved in. Well done NZ
I can tell you the who was last organisation we listened to sack tedros now
New Zealand actually ended up ignoring advice from the WHO and the Chinese Ambassador by closing the borders, instead the Government listened to their scientists and friends in Taiwan and Singapore.
For those saying that we've only done so well because we're a small country, I would like to point out that that's not really true.
Australia, for instance, has (as of the 23rd of July) 8 and a half times the cases and almost six times the deaths. And, Australia might have 25 million people (almost) compared to NZ's 5 million, but Australia also has a population density of 3.1 people per square kilometre, which is much less than NZ's 15 people per square kilometre, so in theory, the virus should have spread a lot faster in New Zealand than in Australia.
The US has 65.6 times the population of New Zealand and almost 2600 times the cases and 6590 times the deaths, although the US has a population density of 92.9 residents per square mile or about 35.6 people per square kilometre.
If you really want to downplay the success, you can say it's because we're an isolated country and therefore don't have to deal with the issues of land borders.
Yeah, whenever I see that kind of thing, I’m like “but did you TRY what we did?”
Short term pains, long term gains.
UK, USA take notes.
India too
Spring is around the corner than summer. Can only hope we stay covid19 free. Hate to be in lockdown when the weather is great and during the holiday period.
So proud of my country!
total useless to have zero cases and a locked down state.
in addition, NZL locked down so early.
cases rising again.
what u want? zero cases and international isolation? cases will always come in. it is a much bigger achievement of the huge countries like Germany or England (where England is really struggling) to get low number of cases. Germany has all the special industry, They have millions of immigrants in Berlin which did NOT social distance, celebrating Ramadan (an uneducated part that is, with education much lower than the lowest school finishers in NZL) and so on. yet they all have come down in cases, are open to international travel, and have special situations.
so since NZL locked down early... they are just ahead of the curve.
Netherlands has 20cases per day and is much bigger.
they have Amsterdam, Rotterdam. Worlds mega ports. Amsterdam SChiphol. EU orders are open.
THAT, my dear, is an achievement.
Or in short: Dont be proud buildung a castle from sand, when others do the real job.
@@MrTiti its not a competition A hole
@@MrTiti New Zealand has covid cases because some NZ citizens returning to New Zealand have been infected with the virus before they arrive home. They are all placed in managed isolation facilities so there is no community spread. Kiwis were told from the beginning that elimination (of community spread) did not mean that the country would have zero cases of Covid-19 as the border would always remain open to NZ citizens wishing to return home. New Zealand will keep its border closed to international visitors until it's safe to open it. The Prime Minister has indicated that this could be 18 months - 2 years or even longer, if it needs to, until either a vaccine is available or the virus dies out as it did with SARS, Spanish Flu etc. They may consider opening the border earlier to countries who have managed Covid-19 well and have no cases in their community.. The New Zealand government made the right choice for our country as our hospitals would have been quickly overwhelmed by covid patients otherwise, and inevitably many more New Zealanders would have died. At the present time the economy is open and the government has announced that it is working on initiatives to get as many recently unemployed Kiwis into jobs as soon it can. The economy is in tatters, just as it is in every covid hit country, but New Zealand is able to focus on economic recovery now while many other countries and states are still in the lockdown phase. @MrTiti it may not be your intention, but you come across as being really bitter and jealous.
@@MrTiti You're just jealous. It's ok. We understand
brah!!! New Zealand has one of the smallest populations in the world lmfao of corse its going to be low!
australia has like 5x more people than New Zealand lmfao.
Yay! We did it! Yes, it was hard, however, if we have to lock down again, I am better prepared - pantry stocked with the basics etc. I finally have the survival kit Civil Defence has been banging on about for years! And if we lock down again, I think I am better prepared psychologically. I have to say, I enjoyed the peace and quiet of no traffic on the roads, and hugs to the hundreds who put teddy bears in their windows for the kids to hunt, and the painters of rocks who did the same. Yes, very proud to be a New Zealander because we looked out for each other. I was in Egypt when the call came to come home, so I did so immediately. Don't get why people are still coming in now when the call went out in March. They should stay out!
So proud to be a kiwi! Thank you Jacinda & Dr Bloomfield! Thank you to all our essential workers & those working hard to keep us where we are. Go our team of 5 million!
Proud to have friends from Laos, Cambodia, Burundi, Cuba where the nasty covid have claimed the lowest number of lives. Those are the real successes which the west is afraid to accept, and I wonder why?
I’m from the United States please come save me!!!
So you like failed policy? Housing prices which shut out 30% of the population and the largest per capita homeless population? Well donr Labour!
@@larrygerry985 this will clearly continue under a government change to National should that happen next election. The momentum Covid-19 has created has made the disease bullet proof from currently available methods to ameliorate it's effects on a largely unprotected population should matters worsen.
"Dr. Bloomfield" is no longer allowed to use the title "Dr." because he never was, he has a "Masters in Surgery" and the only reason people called him "Dr." was because the position of Covid Manager or whatever it was allowed him too, but thats just wrong hence why no other positions in government auto allow "Dr." they just wanted to convince us that this idiot was a "Dr." so he would be trusted by the people, but he never was.
Makes America look like a joke
Good leaders employ good policy yielding good results. The New Zealand success story is a lesson in the importance of electing proper leaders who would listen to science.
NZ we always punch above our weight. Proud that we all have the capacity to listen to good leaders
good, now please do one for Taiwan
@Jeri Brown vietnam just had a new case this week. They lockdowned cities in their countries
Made me cry, I don't want to ever be in this position again it was so fucking hard during those weeks.
this didnt age well
I bring this up as an American to my peers and the nicest thing I’ve been given in response is the middle finger. America is just FUBAR, 100%
NZ’s response had almost nothing to do with the bumbling WHO and their politically motivated “advice” e.g. claiming there was no evidence of human transmission well into January, and advising against travel restrictions. I love how they frame this video as a WHO success story.
she deserves a Nobel prize, she’s a great example for a woman and a politician
History about this tyrant woman will be remembered as national shame of NZ
Only by a minority of low brow anti intellectuals, so who cares.
she hasnt started jabbing the toddlers yet, shes evil
@@NZfabrock vaccines aren't allowed to children
The minimum is 12 for pfizer I think
Now THIS is how its done! Amazing job New Zealand!
LOVE this country.
So now you're a conspiracy theorist if you ask questions about ivamectin, it's a Nobel prize winning medicine, that could have relieved a lot of suffering, as both treatment and profalatic, if only someone could have made money from it, but with the patent run out and only costing 4 cents a pill why bother? As Dr John Campbell says, "It's about money, it really is that vulgar."
I appreciate them
good job new zeland.And to think I had the opportunity to live there years ago.
New Zealand owes its success not to the Chinese subsidiary WHO, but to Taiwan, the first and best model of success as a country against COVID. Without going into any lockdown, by the way.
I genuinely thought that I would never here that "This is a Covid-19 announcement" jingle again... well Level 2 isn't going to kill anyone and it's not like we have thousands of cases.
I thought the same but hey look where we are today it’s not bad but it’s not good either
Well done New Zealand! Hope other countryside follow ur example stay proud
Awesome work New Zealand !!
Someone here made a reply to my post saying our numbers in NZ were so low because we are very isolated and only have pathetically small towns. So please bear with me. Our biggest city has 1.4 million. My city has over 500000. Several other cities have over 300,000. 28 people died of COVID in NZ. That is 0.0005714 percent of the population. And it’s too many. They are loved ones. So we went hard and we locked down. We worked as a team and we supported each other. In the USA 0.13 of the population have died from COVID. That would be the same as 6370 people having died in NZ. Here in NZ we have been rewarded for our effort with an economy that is now in full recovery, our businesses are all open, unemployment is dropping to pre-COVID levels, our schools ALL return from our summer break tomorrow, and this weekend our beaches and parks and rivers are full of people grateful for our government from the top down down spending a whole year keeping us all on track. No injecting disinfectant here. No hoax. No ‘it is what it is’. 28 people dead is devastating to us. Yes we are isolated. It helped. But all sovereign countries that have the determination can be in control of their own destiny. So, wear your masks, wash your hands, stay at home, close your borders if you have to, it works! And listen to Dr Faucci.
They are rolling out "vaccine" in NZ. They would like every NZ citizen injected. 4 people who received pfizer jab dead already. Govt official stance is "no link to the jab..."
...pray for us...
Maybe India too one day😊
Well done New Zealand. Wish I could be proud of my country like this too (UK) haha...
Ardern reporting to her superiors.
It helped that they are an island. It was easier to stop people from entering their country. They did a great job.
How is it easier to stop people from entering? Just stop people from entering! It's called border control
Britain also an island
Ya plus there a very isolated island. They’re far away from any populated major landmass plus it’s not exactly easy to illegally drive a boat from a major landmass across the pacific to reach NZ
Alex Wang but Britain is extremely close to mainland Europe. So someone could drive their boat from France, Spain or the neitherlands to the UK in a matter of hours. While to get to NZ it would take a boat. Plains exist but they’re pretty loud and you’ll make your presence obvious.
@@brianisme6498 isolated but we did have flights coming in n out like any other country . so your statement doesn't count. sorry
Can you take me in NEW ZEALAND. I respect your prime minister and people.✊🏼🤟🏼💯❤️👏🏼
Hey
This didn't age well.
Aged perfectly.
This is just one example of how USA isn’t the greatest country in the world and whoever thinks otherwise is literally insane. Personally, I think it’s embarrassing to call myself an American.
wish she was pm in uk
Haha 😂 I did a little dance and Thank You Prime Minister you are A true leader a powerful leader
Horses can talk
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 and turns out not all clowns are funny
Great worked NZ ! Your country is one of the best country for living in the World. Very smart people in the administration of the country. Congratulations and enjoy your achievement and happiness !
Thank you
GJ New Zealand 🇳🇿 I wish my country the United States 🇺🇸 can get are act together and Locke down are country 😡
Well yeah some of you guys watched us acting early and quick and many cooperated and it was definitely worth it, but there was a bit of a problem with the “USA messed it up rather than acting strictly and early just like us” and yes there was the refusal to implement an a total lockdown like ours and instead just keep some things open, and of course some people in the USA are extremely sensitive over their rights, and the George Floyd thing didn’t help, the protesting was insane! How do people still refuse to think it’s not real!
I had told the dumbo to carry out a 30 day’s isolation plan, or 14 days isolation duration with 7 days house arrest follow up. If the house arrest couldn’t be performed, then build more facilities that can house the house arrest role, if house arrest is too much then let them live in a 200% more enclosed mini retirement village like zones for the quarter final of the 7 days.
Lucky NZ, their leader isn't a babbling clown. The US can't relate
Yeah of course the USA can't relate to us, once cases are slowly increasing we lockdown early and hard to stamp out the virus, Donald Trump spent a lot of time mumbling stuff and downplaying the virus, and worrying about economic gains, he did at least do things like ban travel between China and the USA but it was already too late and the virus was spreading like wildfire,
This didn't age well
It aged welll 🤣🤣🤣
I had been saving a variety of videos surrounding COVID-19 here on TH-cam. It was one of many things that I did as a way to cope with this sudden lockdown. Being one of many people that were living alone it was pretty daunting. From the people I meet knew briefly and my friends and family, some of the hardest things that I saw was people loosing family members over and not being able to go and be with their family and unable to attend their funeral.
Great news they won't be charging people like me that will be returning soon. Great decision for all 6 million of us!!!
Why haven't you returned already? The call went out in March! Sorry, but I'm angry that people are still coming in and expecting the taxpayer to pay for your quarantine.
@@adastrajane work, rental commitments, flights and waiting on a visa to bring my partner with me. Don't be angry, I paid taxes for over ten years in that country. Part of those taxes help run air NZ. So they should be paying for my flight to
I'm so fucking jealous, hopefully other countries will use this as an example of what we should be doing
Laos Cambodia, Cuba, Togo, Uganda, Tanzania, real success. Larger poor populations, lower deaths. Turkey more of a success than Germany. Biggest failures: USA, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Sweden.
Unfortunately Cuba has more deaths than NZ.
Brazil also a big failure.
New Zealand is isolated from the world, and low populated. Just close the airports and sea traffic and the situation can be brought under control. It is way more difficult situation for Europe or United States.
The UK could have done what NZ has done if the UK government had acted immediately instead of going down the herd immunity path initially. The UK is an island with no shared borders so it would have been possible but only if the country united to beat covid and obeyed the necessary rules of lockdown as the majority of New Zealander's did. The US is divided into states, and as such it would be much harder to protect the state borders, but had every state locked down early they would have been in a far better position than they are now. Some US states would have eliminated covid in their states earlier if they had kept theit borders closed and all would have had fewer cases. While acknowledging that New Zealand's population is tiny and has large areas of low density population, I stil think that hundreds of thousands of lives would have been saved in the UK and the USA if those countries leaders had taken the pandemic seriously from the outset.
Excuses really, most other countries stated no plan to combat Covid 19, while the UK were to slow on one side, Trump on America blamed the Governor's...New Zealand acted quickly and the government was transparent with their actions and reasons. Covid 19 brought out who the true world leaders are.
new New Zealand please take me please
New Zealand is stuck on the start line of the COVID journey.
Turns out you were right. They just announced they can't control the spread and will have to learn to live with it. Which I'm assuming draconian measures like Canada where unvaccinated cannot participate in society. Have fun new zealand.
@@canadianbacon6536 18 months to get our hospitals ready and the govt has done nothing other than blow billions on mental health with no result.
@@magamike1800 same in Canada instead they are firing the Healthcare staff. Complete insanity
@@canadianbacon6536 They will do the same here once they try to get more people vaccinated. New Zealand is following Canadas lead and I am selling up in preparation for leaving. Everything is going down hill fast here. The obsession over race especially is idiotic.
Its not who who helped it was the nz government stop taking praise
Agreed the who failed they should of contained it in china but let it spread around the whole globe then they tried to tell us how to prevent it a joke
obi snake You do realise the WHO is an advisory organisation - and not a very big one at that. They don’t have armies or thousands of workers, how exactly would they have stopped it in China? China couldn’t stop Covid in China , and they have massive resources. Blaming WHO for the problems of nations too dumb to follow basic advice is a waste of time. The WHO don’t have the resources of the CIA, pentagon, CDC or even McDonalds - and those organisations couldn’t stop covid at China either. Folks have got a messed up understanding of how shit happens in this world.......
@@obi4842 are you dumb, China did contained it. They've told everyone on the news but most countries DIDN'T listen and do what right. If they've locked down too in other Asia places then this wouldn't be a global pandemic.
The woman is a one trick pony. While she's travelling around the world gathering plaudits as hard as she could, her own country lackes inspired leadership. In the meantime, she gives Nurses a pitifully small one persent wage increase and in contrast, one of the murderously violent Polynesian gangs three million dollars to rehabilitate the hundreds of people they sold drug's to in the first instance.
The woman is a menace with an excellent PR/BS team specialising in presenting Ms Adhern as a modern day, Saint Teresa. The next general election will be a critical event that may see Ms Adhern hung out to dry in favour of what is hopped to be someone with true leadership qualities less interested in being adored, stardom has past her by now anyway, and the country would benefit greatly from her absence and someone else more interested in achieving a decent future for all New Zealaders taking her place.