Thousands of Americans consider move to virus-free New Zealand

[meadowlander]

3. Masks never got to be an issue here

because community transmission was contained by the first lockdown.

If people don't want to wear masks, fine. The alternative is a seven week long total lockdown where the police will arrest you if you leave your house for anything other then buying groceries or going to the drug store.

That's what we did. If people think wearing a mask is an imposition on their God-given liberties wait until it escalates to an unstoppable public health catastrophe and then enjoy the actual lockdown which will probably last twice as long as it needs to because of all the yahoos.

What pisses me off is all the people who come to New Zealand knowing they're going to have a two week quarantine and then try to break out of the hotels to go to the liquor store.

This has really shone a light on the boundlessness of some peoples' stupidity and selfishness.