Pandemic MediaWatch: Maybe it’s just that Kate Hawkesby is easily confused?
Ummmmm, is it?
Kate Hawkesby on lockdown: The overwhelming vibe is confusion
I think the overwhelming vibe right now is confusion.
I think we’ve done shock, we’ve done the ‘oh wow this is serious’ and we’ve done annoyed.
Now confusion reigns.
Really? Is the overwhelming ‘vibe’ confusion?
I think we all get these are unprecedented times, we all appreciate this is a bit if a moving feast and we all get that there will be all sorts of teething problems and issues that will arise because we are in totally unchartered waters.
However, I think the overwhelming ‘vibe’ is a genuine thanking Christ moment that Jacinda Ardern is the one leading us through this and not Simon Bridges.
I think the overwhelming ‘vibe’ is a deep gratitude to the Nurses, Drs, Pharmacists, Police, Military, Teachers and essential service providers who are still working and risking exposure to keep the country going.
I think the overwhelming ‘vibe’ is a reminder of how fragile our way of life is and the deep questions about free market capitalism we will need to answer as we work to rebuild from this.
Kate Hawkesby feeling confused seems to say more about her than the moment itself.
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Perma tan Kate can sod right off! All the reactionary “mouth for hire” opinion writers in the world will have zero to infinitesimal effect on this pandemic situation.
Brilliant (as usual) Country Boy. This one is extra, super memorable. We should make it go viral
No, Tiger. If this woman is really confused, she deserves our sympathy and understanding. She may be
experiencing early old age, and need our support.
Lucky women have husbands to provide this sort of support, and if Kate’s husband is unable to help her in the way which she needs, then she should dump him. I would.
Kate Hawkesby is the village idiot of broadcasting.
Yes those “mouth for hire” – “opinion writers” mae me sick to my gut, as they are full of self worth and have no compassion for the listener at all.
Why have these opinion writers not investigated why hav.nt the ‘stats reporters’ not even sent out the stats on those deaths of the elderly and infirmed that have perished in NZ yet?
Australia hhas just released these stats of 13 deaths from ‘Convid 19 pandemic’ – so where is our NZ stats?????
Lastly how about the figures of the thousnds of Kiwis that are still ‘trapped overseas and not being saved by our goverment to get home yet???
Is that what Simon Bridges is responsible for; – as chair of the “emergency response to convid- 19 pandemic” committee???????
My mind is boggled over the lack of real efforts here. – Jacinda help us!!!!!!!.
A lot of entitled celebrities are going through “withdrawal” right now. See that imo near crazy Imagine video below for example out of Hollywood. You can read into that whatever you like. Maybe I’m just cynical, but literally nothing in this video rings true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omEDLKS5pbY
The farce of this lockdown becomes apparent if you have to venture out as I did when I had to pick up a prescription for my son who is confined to base for two weeks for the crime of spending a week in Oz.
There are no fewer cars on the road today than any day. There are cop cars about but no sign of any policing the lockdown. Since I was the only person at the pharmacy where I stayed for 30 minutes after the pharmacist offered me a flu jab ‘for the road’, I have no idea what all these traveling humans are doing.
Not urgent medical business, the supermarket car parks were pretty empty, so I guess all Hosking beard thinkalikes are out on the streets all confused – apparently the easiest way to confuse a Hosking beard is to ask it how often hubby slips it to her.
I just went to a doctors appointment and saw the same thing. The “lockdown” is a joke. There were numerous cars on the road and not a policeman in sight. Auckland looks exactly the same today as it did last week. It seems like there’s a lot of selfish arseholes out there and this whole process will be a waste of time without enforcement.
You people must be hallucinating. As an ‘essential worker’ I’ve been driving around Auckland for the past two days. There are significantly fewer cars on the road than prior to the lockdown. Carparks are deserted. The Harbour Bridge is desolate. Motorways should have tumbleweeds blowing across them. Yeah, there are always going to be some dicks who feel the rules don’t apply to them, but for the most part people are being fairly sensible.
Yeah, you’re right. It must have been a figment of my imagination:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/120647924/coronavirus-too-many-motorists-ignoring-the-lockdown-rules-sergeant-says
You said, “Auckland looks exactly the same today as it did last week.” which is quite obviously not true. We all know there are dropkicks still out and about and, frankly, they should be fined and/or arrested if they’re repeat offenders, but saying nothing has changed is just nonsense.
They are both self opinionated so and so’s and are not helping the situation one ioata!
The thing about Kate is that she has no valid role in the current situation.