[shawabawa3]

Speaking as someone from a country outside NZ, your government has succeeded on by far the _most_ important measure: They have eliminated covid 19

Most of the rest of the world are still in some form of lockdown and have been on and off for over a year

[tazjin]

> by far the _most_ important measure

Yes, we are very privileged to live in a time where there is literally no other problem in the world that even comes close.

Sorry for the snark, but this attitude is so incredibly ... Western. It really grinds my gears that so many people have collectively decided that all other forms of suffering and damage are irrelevant as long as we come closer to this one single objective.

> Most of the rest of the world are still in some form of lockdown

Most of the rest of the "first world".

[zeb88]

How so? Covid still exists and there most likely are many undetected cases. Don't buy the marketing propaganda from politicians who have an implied interest in propagating such idioms.