See Alan, you are and others right and others are wrong !
New Zealand got it right and people in other countries say we got it right.
Perhaps you think it was not just blind guessing but some guessed
right and some guessed wrong.
New Zealand like us is an island country with small populations.
Perhaps the countries with large populations would have had the same
result no matter which way they guessed.
Anyone at this stage that says "This is the way" is just fooling
whoever listens to them.

What utter bull. One eyed garbage. If you people opened both eyes some time, you might start to understand the world.

The worst result in Oz was by a lefty ratbag in Victoria.

The worst result in the USA was down to a couple of lefties in New York.

See, what did I tell you, denial first then blame shift all over the joint, WTFU!

It may be a coincidence that in NZ. A left-leaning government got it right from the get-go and by implementing the very strategy I suggested way back when and you can check, cause I put in writing here on OLO!

Whereas in the world of Trump and the republicans, they as right-wing as you can get, presided over and still preside over the world's epicentre of this pandemic! Also predicted by yours truly.

Coincidence? Not bloody likely. Too many old fart hasbeens welded to a nonsensical far-right idealogy? Almost certainly? And given the outcome that they produced, with blood on their hands and they know it?

Moreover, they can and will blame shift to the enth degree! But none of the spluttering bluster denials and blame-shifting they are so famous for, will change none of it!

If you want to see how callous and indifferent they are almost to a generic man? Then look no further than the way that cohort trimmed the Christmas relief package, the package Trump just rubbished then refused to either veto or endorse!

As blameless folk/fellow citizens starve, during the height of a pandemic!

This package could have been delivered months ago instead as per usual, by the far-right, turned into a political football with lots of icing and jollies for the elite included before there was any far-right-wing endorsement!

These folk of the far-right, live in another universe and simply do not get, that by providing stimulus via those with the least. It goes straight back into the economy and the pockets of the better off! And in every way, far superior icing and jollies for the better off, via that route!

Talk about lame brain central! You're in good company, Hasbeen.
Alan B.

Calm down Alan, you said;
the package Trump just rubbished then refused to either veto or endorse!

What you didn't say was Trump sent it back because the relief package
for individuals was not enough. He wanted it raised from $600 to $2000.
That is the reverse of what you alleged.

Anyway Alan stop copying the ABC. When their news reported Trumps
refusal to accept the measures they did not say why either so you are
in good, whoops, bad company !
Anyway happy New Year.

How on earth can anyone claim success in beating COVID-19 ! We're only a couple of months from the next Flu season & I predict it will be worse than this year.
I am perplexed at the rules & regulations re Air travel. Just spent two nights in North Cairns directly under the final approach path & I was amazed how many planes came in, one every 10 or so minutes for much of the day. Are these domestic flights or international too ?
I'd have thought I'd be lucky to see more than two flights a day !
Then, after returning home this arvo, I see these morons in the park in Sydney on TV. I think stupidity from within is by far the greatest threat to Australia !