Silicon Valley, New Zealand and Pandemic Exceptionalism - CounterPunch.org

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Individuals who received treatment covered their own costs if not eligible under publicly funded services; costs for the evacuation were covered by government agreements, private insurance or direct payment.
44% : Brooke van Velden, deputy leader of ACT New Zealand, a party of the right self-described as a protector of free trade and the rule of law, was unimpressed by the explanations.

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