Scott3:

 

I'm, surprised there is backlash.

 

Travel & tourism industry was going to get destroyed anyway, regardless of what the NZ government did.

At least this way (assuming it is enough to avoid COVID 19 outbreak here), other industries can keep working.

 

 

 

 

 

Regarding enforcement of the 14 day thing, we don't need it to be perfect, but we want the stack the odds in our favor.

Travel volume is about to drop massively, which improves our odds.

If say we had twice daily checks via door knocking (could even be done gig economy style with random people being paid $10 a time via an app) or Skype calls, combined with harsh penalties (visa's canceled & deported for non citizens, prison time for citizens). I would expect compliance to be above 99%. Might have to make a big example in the media and vilify the first few persons to be caught breaching self isolation.

Of course a quick law change will be needed to add breaching isolation to the crimes act, and set to set penalties.

We will need to highly scrutinize those coming in on visitors visa's (especially for stays under 14 days) as they will be much more likely to breach.

 

Self isolation is not Quarantine, you dont have to be locked in your house for 14 days you can move around you just have to avoid close contact , keep a metre away from people and avoid social gatherings.