Covid-19 restrictions

Ben Cowling

Inserted 2 years ago

“I think Asian countries do in general have an expectation of getting back to normal as well, but perhaps more cautiously than some other parts of the world. Restrictions are just part of that caution. During the next few months I expect to see case numbers increasing to a peak, and then post-peak cautious relaxations of public health measures.”

Aljazeera

Infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong

28 Jan 2022 4 3

Sung-il Cho

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is a certain level of COVID-related mortality that the society is willing to accept. Individually, there is a certain level of COVID-related risk one is willing to accept, to balance against what one has to pay for it, in terms of social distancing plus vaccination. Asians may be valuing life over freedom, if culture matters at all. Maybe because we don't have the strong memory of civil revolutions risking life for freedom.”

Aljazeera

Professor of epidemiology at Seoul National University in South Korea

28 Jan 2022 7 3

Jeff Kingston

Inserted 2 years ago

“Anyone who recalls travel pre-9/11 understands that there is no going back to the looser security procedures and everyone has gotten used to greater scrutiny and hassles if they want to travel. I worry that governments are running out of financial ammo and are taking on heavy debt loads and that will imperil recovery, and programs to cushion adjustments. The pandemic has had uneven consequences within nations and between them, exacerbating inequalities that are potentially very disruptive.”

Aljazeera

Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan

16 Dec 2021 3 4

Gigi Foster

Inserted 2 years ago

“A year ago we were seeing broadly similar positions around the world as we are seeing today. Populations today, a year on, are still caught up in the web of the COVID crowd narrative and their politicians are drunk on power and increasingly unable to see a way to avoid the furious condemnation that would come down upon their heads if their stewardship during this period comes to be recognised as having been dramatically off-track.”

Aljazeera

Economics professor at the University of New South Wales

16 Dec 2021 1 1

Scott Morrison

Inserted 2 years ago

“We've saved lives. We've saved livelihoods, but we must work together to ensure that Australians can reclaim the lives that they once had in this country. We'll be working towards complete quarantine-free travel for certain countries, such as New Zealand, when it is safe to do so.”

Koreatimes

Australian Prime Minister

01 Oct 2021 3 3

Clover Moore

Inserted 2 years ago

“Our two biggest cities have been failed by the federal government, which simply did not do the work to secure the vaccines we need.”

Theguardian

Mayor of Sydney

15 Jul 2021 0 4

Marc Van Ranst

Inserted 3 years ago

“I think Europe and many other countries around the world are, or at least the population perceives, that they are in an endless cycle of epidemics going up, and epidemics going down, and that cycle is accompanied by lockdowns and subsequent relaxations. That puts a lot of pressure on the population to keep the morale high, it is not easy … and I think that the only solution to stop that endless cycle is going to be the vaccination programme.”

Aljazeera

Belgian virologist and professor at the University of Leuven and the Rega Institute for Medical Research

20 Mar 2021 4 4

Jair Bolsonaro

Inserted 3 years ago

“What the people most want is to work. From now on, governors who close down their states will have to provide for their own emergency aid.”

Livemint

President of Brazil

26 Feb 2021 4 3

Boris Johnson

Inserted 3 years ago

“There is therefore no credible route to a zero COVID Britain or indeed a zero COVID world. And we cannot persist indefinitely with restrictions that debilitate our economy, our physical and mental wellbeing, and the life chances of our children. And that is why it is so crucial that this road map is cautious but also irreversible. We're setting out on what I hope and believe is a one-way road to freedom.”

Aljazeera

UK Prime Minister

22 Feb 2021 3 4

Raywat Deonandan

Inserted 3 years ago

“The first lockdown was extreme. Everything was closed, everything, and people were really discouraged from even leaving their houses as well. People were terrified and so they were more likely to comply. Now, there isn't a lockdown - some businesses are closed but many are open still. So people are still going about their business, people are still socializing, because the fear is gone.”

Cbc

Global health epidemiologist and associate professor at the University of Ottawa

09 Jan 2021 4 3

Chaim Dovid Zwiebel

Inserted 3 years ago

“This is an historic victory. This landmark decision will ensure that religious practices and religious institutions will be protected from government edicts that do not treat religion with the respect demanded by the Constitution.”

Cnn

Rabbi Executive Vice President of Agudath Israel

26 Nov 2020 4 6

Nicholas DiMarzio

Inserted 3 years ago

“I have said from the beginning the restrictions imposed by Governor Cuomo were an overreach that did not take into account the size of our churches or the safety protocols that have kept parishioners safe.”

Cnn

Bishop of Brooklyn

26 Nov 2020 5 6

Boris Johnson

Inserted 3 years ago

“Actually there is an important difference between our country and many other countries around the world, that is that our country is a freedom-loving country. If you look at the history of this country over the last 300 years, virtually every advance from free speech to democracy has come from this country. And it is very difficult to ask the British population uniformly to obey guidelines in the way that it is necessary.”

Thelocal

UK Prime Minister

22 Sep 2020 4 5

Brian Adams

Inserted 4 years ago

“Tonight was supposed to be the beginning of a tenancy of gigs at the @royalalberthall, but thanks to some f--king bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards, the whole world is now on hold. My message to them other than 'thanks a f--king lot' is go vegan.”

Cbc

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11 May 2020 0 3

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“We've saved lives. We've saved livelihoods, but we must work together to ensure that Australians can reclaim the lives that they once had in this country. We'll be working towards complete quarantine-free travel for certain countries, such as New Zealand, when it is safe to do so.”

“Our two biggest cities have been failed by the federal government, which simply did not do the work to secure the vaccines we need.”

“What the people most want is to work. From now on, governors who close down their states will have to provide for their own emergency aid.”

“This is an historic victory. This landmark decision will ensure that religious practices and religious institutions will be protected from government edicts that do not treat religion with the respect demanded by the Constitution.”

“I have said from the beginning the restrictions imposed by Governor Cuomo were an overreach that did not take into account the size of our churches or the safety protocols that have kept parishioners safe.”

“Tonight was supposed to be the beginning of a tenancy of gigs at the @royalalberthall, but thanks to some f--king bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards, the whole world is now on hold. My message to them other than 'thanks a f--king lot' is go vegan.”

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