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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   
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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Original Submission

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

  by Freeman (732) 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]

  --
  Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

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