Covid 19 Coronavirus: Hilary Barry Responds To ‘Quarantine Camp’ Comments From Fox News’ Laura Ingraham

TVNZ star Hilary Barry responded to Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham after Ingraham’s segment claiming that New Zealand had established “quarantine camps” for its citizens.

“Dear Laura,” Barry wrote on Twitter, citing one of Ingraham’s tweets. “You are an egg. Love from New Zealand.

Twitter users praised Barry’s comment, with one user describing it as “maximum effect of minimum words.”

New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless also responded to Ingraham’s tweet, calling her “poor lost idiot.”

“I’m in New Zealand where last weekend one of my son had his 21st at our house and the other son organized a dance for about 60 high school students until the wee hours of the morning. We go to the park, yoga classes and we freely travel the country without community transmission, “Lawless wrote.

Ingraham, a right-wing television host for Fox News in the US, spread misinformation about New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, shared an old clip of Jacinda Ardern, and claimed the government is “throwing people out. to quarantine camps “.

The Fox News anchor made the claims on her show yesterday, joining a growing number of right-wing experts abroad who are presenting New Zealand’s response as a threat to freedom.

“The American left and its media poodles have long held up New Zealand as the model for how to properly deal with many things, including Covid, but anyone who loves freedom should take note because kiwis have a terrifying new response to the growing Covid case numbers, “Ingraham said.

“They are throwing people into quarantine camps.”

“Don’t leave camp until you’re negative,” adds Ingraham, with a fake New Zealand accent.

To back up her claims, Ingraham shared an old Facebook live clip of Jacinda Ardern, originally posted more than four months ago.

In that clip, Ardern answers questions from viewers and details the government’s policy of requiring those in quarantine to remain until they return a negative result and enforcing their continued stay if they decline a test.

What Ingraham calls “quarantine camps” are, in fact, our managed isolation hotels.

The clip was shared by Ardern in June, after New Zealand defeated community broadcasting for the first time on June 8.

Ingraham used it to suggest that the policy was new and in response to the “increasing number of Covid cases.”

Kiwis and Americans Respond to Fox News ‘Fake News’

Meanwhile, an article posted on the Fox News website, echoing Ingraham’s segment and adding comments from Hoover Institution senior member Victor Davis Hanson, generated hundreds of comments, as Kiwis and Americans debated misinformation on the history.

“I came to New Zealand about a month ago and they are not exactly quarantine camps. They put us up in five star hotels with all food and drinks paid for. Steak and roast beef meals are my favorite, though they have a hot breakfast all the days were really good too. I almost decided not to take the exam just so I could stay longer, “wrote one person.

“I am now traveling through this stunning country where there are no protests, no gun violence or hatred. There are no masks to wear, no temperature controls and no Covid as everything stops at the border. God bless New Zealand and the the words of William Wallace … FREEDOM !!!!! “

Another commenter called it “twisted logic.”

“Because NZ has had such a low impact from Covid, they don’t need these policies, ignoring the fact that these policies are what ensured that NZ had such a low impact. Of course, practically no one in NZ will care about these ramblings. , and New Zealand has just responded to its government’s handling of the pandemic with a landslide victory for the government, “the commenter added.

“Hmmm, if by ‘camps’ you mean free, four to five star hotel with free food and drink, then yes,” someone else wrote.

“Ha, I find this article absolutely amusing … The mind is amazed how people can be so naive … At one point, New Zealand places around 5000 people in mandatory quarantine for 14 days. Most of them knew that they would have to enter mandatory quarantine upon arrival in New Zealand, and yet individually chose to fly to New Zealand. Yes … their choice, “chimed in another reader.

“The second point I would make is that the personal freedoms of those ‘few thousand people’ could be restricted for a couple of weeks, but in return New Zealand can operate as a Covid-free country, and for that, we have five million of New Zealanders who can live their daily lives unhindered … including those most vulnerable to Covid. Just remember that those 220,000 Americans who have died have lost maximum freedom … the freedom to live, “added the reader.

New Zealand’s efforts praised by WHO

New Zealand’s efforts to combat Covid-19 have been widely praised, and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently highlighted the steps New Zealand took to eliminate Covid-19 within the community.

In a four-minute video posted on social media, the WHO details how the country went from its first coronavirus case, on February 28, to the peak of new daily cases at 89, to successfully eliminate the virus in a matter of months. .

The video highlights New Zealand’s plan, including strict lockdown measures, isolation of positive cases and close contacts, as well as the country’s contact tracing methods.