Freedom!

The Government has announced:

• The end of the traffic light system
• The end of mask mandates except in healthcare and aged care facilities
• The end of vaccine mandates for travel
• The end of isolation requirements for household contacts

The vast majority of New Zealanders will welcome this as long overdue.

It will be interesting if we have another Covid-19 like pandemic in the future because if we do, I am not sure there will be the widespread support and acceptance for restrictions such as the lockdowns. Don’t get me wrong – I supported the original lockdown as a necessary evil. But I think people resent that restrictions of various sorts went on for not just two months, but two years.

This is not to criticise the Government’s decisions in 2020, but to reflect the reality of where people are today.

What we really need is a Royal Commission of Inquiry into NZ’s response, so we can evaluate what could be done differently next time.