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New Zealand Police Arrest Pair Trying to Enter Auckland with "Large Amount" of KFC

posted by martyb on Tuesday September 21 2021, @08:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the colonel-panic dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

New Zealand police arrest pair trying to enter Auckland with ‘large amount’ of KFC:

The men were arrested after allegedly trying to flee from police near the Auckland border. When their car was searched, police said they found a large quantity of KFC, as well as the cash and a number of empty ounce bags.

The arrest struck a chord with New Zealanders – especially Aucklanders, who have spent a month in a strict level four lockdown that does not allow restaurants to open or residents to order takeaway food.

[...] After the KFC arrest, a police spokesperson said “officers noticed a suspicious looking vehicle travelling on a gravel road, and upon seeing the police car, the vehicle did a U-turn and sped off trying to evade police.

[...] A breach of the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act can result in imprisonment for up to six months; or a fine of up to $4,000.

The men will appear in court for breaching the health order, and police said further charges were likely.

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  • (Score: -1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 21 2021, @10:18PM (12 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 21 2021, @10:18PM (#1180187)

    The first effective polio vaccine was developed in 1952 by Jonas Salk

    and

    In April 1955, soon after mass polio vaccination began in the US

    So... the polio vaccine, for a disease MUCH worse than COVID, took several years to go from initial development to widespread use. And even then, it turned out to have truly horrible side effects.

    But the COVID vaccine, with MONTHS of testing, is perfectly safe, with absolutely no side effects, and anyone who even questions it is evil and should be locked up.

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by Gaaark on Tuesday September 21 2021, @10:49PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 21 2021, @10:49PM (#1180198) Journal

    Well, gee. You mean scientists and virologists, etc have learned from the past and science has advanced?

    Alert Galen and Hippocrates!

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    • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday September 21 2021, @11:00PM

      by krishnoid (1156) on Tuesday September 21 2021, @11:00PM (#1180201)

      Galen and Hippocrates -- nope, can't find any published papers [nih.gov] authored by that Hippo dude. Not sure what you could be referring to in terms of some kind of universally accessible body of scientific (in particular, medical) progress.

      Make people cite something on PubMed when they make a medical claim. I bet you a lot of people have never heard about it.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Mykl on Tuesday September 21 2021, @10:49PM (5 children)

    by Mykl (1112) on Tuesday September 21 2021, @10:49PM (#1180199)

    We've also had almost 70 years of medical progress since then. Let's look at a more recent example.

    Can you tell me a bit more about the horrible side-effects and disasters that befell the rollout of the HPV vaccine [wikipedia.org]? No? Ah.

  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Wednesday September 22 2021, @12:48AM (2 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Wednesday September 22 2021, @12:48AM (#1180249) Journal

    One particular production line of polio vaccine turned out to have unacceptably high rates of serious side effects and was ordered off the market. We've learned a lot since then. I was happy to see that the 2 commonly used vaccines in the U.S. contain no actual corona and so cannot cause the disease.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:28PM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:28PM (#1180458) Homepage Journal

      the 2 commonly used vaccines in the U.S. contain no actual corona

      See, that's actually a problem. If it were distributed in bottles of Corona, a lot more people would be willing to chug it down. I'm sure it's a lot easier to swallow a microchip, than to have it forcibly injected into your arm.

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      • (Score: 2) by edIII on Wednesday September 22 2021, @07:02PM

        by edIII (791) on Wednesday September 22 2021, @07:02PM (#1180475)

        Oh dear sweet baby Jesus... you don't actually believe the microchip shit do you?

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday September 22 2021, @01:57PM

    by Freeman (732) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 22 2021, @01:57PM (#1180369) Journal

    The more interesting point I was trying to make was that Polio was not "eliminated" in the Americas until 1994. That's more than 4 decades after the first effective vaccine was created.

    Also, there's still polio "in the wild". The only disease that seems to have been totally eradicated by mass vaccination in humans is Smallpox. There are some effective vaccines that keep several other bad ones at by, such as Polio, but they have not been eradicated. Then again, none of the others caused 300-500 million deaths in the 20th century.

    Interesting page of deadly diseases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_disease_case_fatality_rates [wikipedia.org]

    Rabies Viral Untreated ~100%[2] Preventable with vaccine and PEP but, once the symptoms manifest, the CFR is almost always 100%. [3]
    [...]
    AIDS/HIV infection Viral Untreated 99% [8]: 1 
    [...]
    Smallpox Variola major – specifically the malignant (flat) or hemorrhagic type Viral Untreated ~95% The rate drops significantly to 10% with effective treatments.
    Eradicated. [10]: 28 
    [11]
    [...]
    Smallpox, Variola major – in pregnant women Viral Unvaccinated > 65% [10]: 88 
    [...]
    Ebola virus disease – specifically EBOV Viral Unvaccinated & Untreated [25–90]% Prognosis improved by early supportive treatments as seen in the West African epidemic and the Kivu outbreak. [16][17]
    Marburg virus disease – all outbreaks combined Viral Untreated [23–90]% 23% in 1967 when it was first identified and 90% in 2004-2005 when the worst outbreak of the disease occurred. Galidesivir has shown promise in treating Filoviridae [18][19]
    [...]
    Plague, pneumonic Bacterial Unvaccinated & Untreated 50% [10]: 58 
    Tetanus, Generalized Bacterial Unvaccinated & Untreated 50% CFR drops to [10–20]% with effective treatment. [21]
    Tuberculosis, HIV Negative Bacterial Vaccinated 43% Vaccines have been developed but have been frequently dismissed for having received controversial and improper testing on African populations. [22]
    Plague, septicemic Bacterial Unvaccinated & Untreated [30–50]% [10]: 58 
    [...]
    Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Viral 34% Galidesivir has shown promise in treating Coronaviridae [24]
    [...]
    Bubonic plague Bacterial Unvaccinated & Untreated [5–60]% [10]: 57 
    [...]
    Smallpox, Variola major Viral Unvaccinated 30% [10]: 88 
    Varicella (chickenpox), in newborns Viral Untreated ~30% Where the mothers develop the disease between 5 days prior to, or 2 days after delivery. [8]: 110 
    [...]
    Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Viral 11% Galidesivir has shown promise in treating Coronaviridae. [30]
    [...]
    Botulism Bacterial toxin Treated 2.5% [41]
    [...]
    Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Viral Largely unvaccinated & Treated with unspecific treatments ~1.61% Per Our world in data, average of world countries on September 9, 2021. [43]

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