I really don& #39;t know what the "stop the lockdown" people want.

No lockdowns will sooner or later mean the virus will be everywhere in NZ. That won& #39;t bring back tourists or international-students.

The economy won& #39;t magically recover

We had 3 months of pretty close to "normal" . No way will things get that good if covid was everywhere.

Even if the Govt YOLO& #39;d it and imposed no restrictions people will still hide out and the health system will get overwhelmed.

Pick a state in the US you would like to copy.

All those Boomers won& #39;t be going to the malls and tourist places. Most of them will be staying at home and keeping away from people. Same with many younger people.

Those office building won& #39;t be filled up. Everyone will be working at home indefinitely.

Feels like a lot of people are "It& #39;s going to come eventually , just get it over with".

Which is insane. We& #39;ve seen that we can have zero cases for 3 months and pretty good chance we can be back to zero after a few weeks.

I& #39;d much prefer a level-3 lockdown every few months than the alternative.

Which will be half the population living under self-imposed level 3 and random death and shit.