Mike Hosking: Why did we celebrate the Covid five year anniversary?

Here was a headline to mark the day: "We aren't ready, the next pandemic is coming." 

In that line of paranoia is everything that was wrong with the five year anniversary, if that’s the right word, of our first lockdown for Covid. 

As two commissions have, or continue, to wade through any number of submissions, it's all a waste of time. 

There are those who are determined to forecast doom and, as such, would do exactly the same next time as they did five years ago. 

I noted Ashley Bloomfield popped up for a chat. He told us the bird flu is a worry, and he should have listened more. What's that actually mean? Listen more? 

Does it lead to anything? Of course not. It’s a sop. 

The epidemiologists who flooded our living rooms would unquestionably be no different in Covid 2.0 than they were with the original. 

In fact, if anything should have come out of 2020 and lockdown it should have been we don’t mark anniversaries. We shouldn’t be allowed to interview either Hipkins, Bloomfield, or Ardern about Covid ever again. Hearing them whine is bad for your health. It is triggering. 

One Covid report is already out. It was a reflection, ironically, of the Covid response itself, limited in its scope. It was a stitch up designed to look like a report. 

You’ve had a bit of a look at how we handled it. But the terms of reference were very much designed not to illicit anything too dramatic. 

Part two is being driven by the new Government, aghast at part one's scandalous limitations. They're working away feverishly as we speak. 

But it doesn’t matter what it says. Nothing will come of it. 

As I've said from day one, luck is your pre-determining factor. 

Get a government of competence and you stand a chance. Get some interlopers the way we did, and you're done for. 

If I learned anything, it is that warnings about doom from the likes of Bloomfield mean little, or nothing. 

If any Government here ever tries half the stuff they did again, from the pulpit of truth to vaccine mandates, to lockdowns for spurious reasons, the reaction would be vastly different. 

And you don't need a commission of inquiry to figure that out. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So here was the headline to mark the day. We
aren't ready. The next pandemic is coming, And in that
line of paranoia is everything that was wrong with the
five year anniversary, if that's the right word of our
first lockdown for COVID, as two commissions have or continue
to weighe through any number of submissions at all, a
waste of time. There are those who are determined to
forecast doom and as such would do exactly the same

(00:21):
next time as they did five years ago. I noted
Ashley popped up for a bit of a chat told
us the bird flues are worry and he should have
listened more. I mean, what's that actually mean? Listen more?
Does it lead to anything? Of course it doesn't. It's
a sop. The epidemiologists who flooded our living rooms would
unquestionably be no different than COVID two point zero than
they were in the original. In fact, if anything should
have come out of twenty twenty in lockdown, it should

(00:42):
have been we don't mark anniversaries at all. We shouldn't
be allowed to interview either Hopkins or Bloomfield or Adern
about COVID. Ever again, hearing them witter is bad for
your health. It's triggering one. Report's already out, of course,
a reflection ironically of the COVID response itself, limited in scope,
a stitch up designed to look like I've had a
bit of a look at how we handled it in
terms of reference, very much designed not to elicit anything

(01:05):
too dramatic. Part two driven by the new government of
ghast at Part one scandalous limitations as working away feverishly
as we speak. But it doesn't matter what it sees.
Nothing will come of it, because as I said from
day one, luck is the predetermining factor. Get a government
of competence, you stand a chance. Get it the enterlope
as we did. You're done for. If I learned anything
it's that warnings about doom from the likes of Bloomfield

(01:27):
mean little or nothing, and that if any government ever
tries half the stuff they did on again, from the
pulpit of truth to vaccine mandates to lockdowns for spurious reasons,
the reaction will be vastly different. And you didn't need
a Commission of inquiry to figure that out. For more
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