In the US on 14 April 2023, the covid “State of Emergency” officially ended. It couldn’t have happened yesterday – April 13th. Nor, would it have been possible to have ended tomorrow – April 15th (Tax Day – for those who don’t live in the US). No, the science stated that April 14th was the day to end all days! The end of two weeks to flatten the curve. Or, as Meryl Dorey writes:
Two weeks to flatten the population.
Two weeks to flatten your business.
Two weeks to flatten your and your children’s educations.
Two weeks to flatten your family, your community and your mental health.
Who knew that so much could happen in just two weeks?
In
Australia, the state and federal governments haven’t yet ended the
emergency declaration. Doing so would take all that lovely, sexy and
all-encompassing power away from them.
New Zealand Prime Minister
Chris Hipkins announced on 11 April 2023 that a seven-day mandatory
coronavirus quarantine period will be kept in place through the end of
2023 and possibly beyond.
New Zealand health officials largely
favoured keeping the quarantine policy in place, even though most of the
rest of the world has moved on from the coronavirus pandemic because
they felt maintaining the quarantine requirement would inspire citizens
to take possible coronavirus infections more seriously...<<<Read More>>>...