How it's going
New Zealand is on its tenth day of Level 4 lockdown, and we're doing OK. Current cases stand at 347. We haven't reached the peak of the outbreak yet, but we're not getting exponential growth. We've tested 5% of the population in the last ten days, and vaccinations have been going on at a blistering pace. On a couple of days this week, we vaccinated 1% of the population in a single day. As for the lockdown itself, it looks like the rest of New Zealand will be moving to Level 3 next week while Auckland stays at Level 4 for another couple of weeks.
And we're fine with that. What the right wing Covidiots overseas blathering on about how we're turning into a totalitarian state consistently miss is that New Zealanders are united in this. A recent poll showed that 90% of us back the government's direction. Leading to this lovely headline:
No doubt about it, Delta is tough. But the team of five million is giving it its best shot.
And we're fine with that. What the right wing Covidiots overseas blathering on about how we're turning into a totalitarian state consistently miss is that New Zealanders are united in this. A recent poll showed that 90% of us back the government's direction. Leading to this lovely headline:
No doubt about it, Delta is tough. But the team of five million is giving it its best shot.