Already the government is rethinking our COVID strategy as the result of Delta – the strategy came out in August and now it’s September, that didn’t last long. Surely it’s not that hard to assess risk?
It’s level 2 outside of Auckland – time to do things! Why don’t people get on and do things? Because they procrastinate…but what’s the difference between delayed gratification (seen as good) and procrastination (seen as bad)?
Back around a loop to higher level alerts. We are saving people, or our economy, or both. Maybe. How do things compare in Sweden, where they have taken the distancing rather than the lockdown approach?
What makes a successful leader? Is Jacinda Ardern successful? I think so, though I have a friend who thinks she’s a devil. Is Jim Boult, Mayor of Queenstown, successful? Both have good qualities and bad, and qualities suited for particular times.
Which freedoms will we get when we move to Level 2? Hopes of domestic tourism are rising. People want to travel and businesses want custom. Will they have to reduce prices which supposedly got too expensive when it was an international market?
Already we’re moving into a Level 4 lockdown. That was a quick honeymoon period. Now we can watch cases rise while staying home; we won’t get on the Our World in Data COVID graph till we reach 100.