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Yep! I was just debating NZ's low number of deaths today and what mitigating factors must have contributed to Ahern's success in tackling COVID so effectively. I similarly concluded the geography of the North and South Islands and wide spread of the population certainly helped their cause. When COVID was at its peak in the UK and with no vaccinations in the pipeline, a lotta people in Scotland wanted the border shut down apart from commercial freight traffic being allowed in and out. But the issue was politicised by too many people in the media and opposing politics with a political agenda rather than considering if it would help to mitigate the impending threat from down south. The clinical experts apparently had the last word on it and advised the Scot govt to leave the border open!!?? I'm still not sure if that account was actually true re the real reasons given to justify it.