Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 11:51 am Press Release: ACT New Zealand
“The Government will today give itself a big pat on the
back for delivering two million doses of the COVID-19
vaccine, but it should hold off on its
self-congratulations,” says ACT Leader David
Seymour.
“To put this into perspective, that’s 40
doses per 100 people. That milestone was met in Israel in
January, the UK in mid-March, US in late-March, Singapore in
April and Canada and Germany in early-May.
“Across
the ditch it was two weeks ago. At least we can still
compare ourselves with Bolivia and Peru who are vaccinating
at around the same rate.
“You only have to look at
Australia to see how dangerous the Delta variant is and how
quickly things can spiral out of control.
“Labour
has set itself low targets so it can celebrate when it
reaches them. It puts out press releases when vaccine
arrives in the country and basks in the glory of things we
should just expect to happen.
“It’s time to start
aiming higher. There is no cause to ‘do a little dance’
over these numbers. We were told we were at the ‘front of
the queue’ but we’re at the bottom of the
OECD.”
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