New Zealand has now completely eradicated COVID-19 - no active cases and no new infections.Â
(Theyâre not alone -
Iceland did it too.)Â
They are safe and back to normal life. No more lock downs. No more social distancing. Stores, restaurants, public transportation - all fully reopened. Weddings, graduations, and birthday parties are once again being celebrated. Their leaders are now shifting their focus to economic recovery. And they achieved it with
just 1,504 cases and 22 deaths
reported nationally.Â
Many have applauded the announcement, including Helen Clarke, a former prime minister of New Zealand, who posted on Twitter: âClear leadership & an engaged public have produced this result.â
New Zealand had 0.45 deaths per 100,000 people, and a 1.5% fatality among COVID-19 cases. By contrast, the US has had 35.05
deaths per 100,000 people
and a 5.6% fatality among cases. [source] And thatâs just so far (6/13/20) - it will get worse, with the pandemic still raging and infections still spiking. Â
I have seen too many people resigned to this dismal response as unquestionable fact, saying things like âthereâs nothing to be doneâ or âwe just have to tough it outâ or âAmericaâs had the best pandemic response in the worldâ. One person asked me, âtheyâre doing everything they can, what more do you want?â
This. This is what I want.  Competent leadership that makes fact-based decisions and values expertise. Strong leadership that values human life over money.
Decisive leadership that acts to mitigate a crisis, not inflame it.
âsupernatural didnât have any actual monsters itâs just some guys fighting guysâ I know this is a joke but I literally do not know how to explain to you that the fancy effects youâve grown accustomed to on prestigious television like arrow and riverdale did not exist for the majority of supernaturalâs lifetime and also theyâve spent their entire budget on flannel shirts
@cortue Iâm obsessed with this now. what does a âset where guys can be guysâ mean. they went into a room with 65,000 bees to film BUGS??????? âfull body bee outfitsâ does he not know what a beekeeperâs suit is. I will be thinking about this for the rest of the night
No guys thatâs the funniest part. Jensen said at a panel once that the bees didnât show up clear enough on camera, so they ended up just using CGI.
They went through the trouble of hiring a beekeeper, filling the set with tens of thousands of bees, getting bee keeper suits for the whole crew, the actors getting stung multiple times, and it was literally all for nothing
OH I GENUINELY CANNOT HANDLE LEARNING ANYMORE INFORMATION TONIGHT. I LOVE THIS SHOW
Hey Iâm happy that Twilight is coming back but I can never get over the fact that Stephanie Meyer thought it was a good idea to write in that the werewolves have to cut their hair or else their fur would be long & shaggy to maintain.
As if most Native Americans literally donât cut our hair for spiritual reason. We literally believe itâs an extension of our spirit. Its painful to cut, itâs the evaqulant to cutting out your soul.
Thatâs why we literally only do it when someone dies. Because its to show your mourning. Only to show your love and how much pain youâre in.
Not all tribes do this but enough do. I literally went 3 years without cutting my hair once. Some have gone decades.
But naw turn to doggy cut hair regularly. The first set of Native actors they had literally got recasted because they refused to cut their hair. What did you THINK was gonna happen Meyer?
Notice how Booboo Stewart has always had long hair since his Twilight days?
howl: I dress up like this to be the center of attention
chrestomanci: I dress up like this because I am already the center of attention
Howell Jenkins (alias Howl Pendragon): I gave myself a cool wizard name to seem cool
Christopher Chant, aka Chrestomanci: I already had a cool wizard name and then got a second one issued by the government
howl, tossing his hair: everybody pay attention to me!!!
chrestomanci, looking vaguely around: oh hello, howard
howl: *incoherent screeching*
howl: as a graduate student I learned how to travel to other worlds, pretty impressive talent huh
chrestomanic: hm? traveling to other worlds? Oh, I think I was … five? six? Anyway it was by accident.
chrestomanci: I married a goddess from another world
howl: so did I
sophie: wow that’s actually kind of sweet–
howl: a goddess of wrath and destruction
sophie: … time to do some weeding
chrestomanci: if anyone needs my help they just have to call my name
howl: I am currently hiding from multiple governments for tax evasion and fraud my help can only be gained through threats, blackmail, and compliments about my hair, and that is only if you can find me
They are fine! They got their guns, they have their weapons, they have the justice system on their side, they have government protection and billions of dollars in funding.
They really donât need you defending them, like at all.
We the people, are the helpless ones, we have none of those things.
I just wish people could see how fucking stupid they look sticking up for police. Baby they donât need your help. At all. Theyâre good.
They donât need to be defended they need to be defunded.
