Surgeons “disgusted” while opposition politicians accuse the New Zealand government of “promoting racial discrimination” as the healthcare professionals are told to prioritise patients based on ethnicity and race.
Over the last few months, New Zealanders have been faced with economic hardship; next quarter, new PM Chris Hipkins must prepare for the recession to hit.
Jacinda Ardern’s relative youth and gender, coupled with her ‘progressive’ beliefs, had made her a media darling and feted figure within Western establishment circles.
Defeating the pandemic became a matter of national pride, and the wishes, freedoms, and even the lives of individuals become secondary to that aim. Almost anything was permitted—including brutality in pursuit of the aim of winning the fight.
