New Zealanders aren’t allowed to drive except in emergencies and can only be out of the house for an hour a day, to get exercise or to buy essentials.
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At the pharmacy, only one person is allowed in at a time, and clerks retrieve the goods so customers never touch anything until they return home.
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Citizens are surviving financially with emergency checks from the government.
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At Amazon headquarters in Seattle, the white-collar employees are working from home.
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Is Amazon shipping essential goods? Of course.
You can get toilet paper and paper towels from Amazon. But it’s also still selling everything else, much of which is not essential at all
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The U.S. has categorized a ridiculous number of businesses that are “essential.” But at what cost?
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Following New Zealand’s lead would mean white-collar workers in the U.S. would have to make some small sacrifices.
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