8 April

Elimination. In as little as a month. Go hard, go early, tell vested interests in business to shut their gob. It's not rocket science. Thankfully we did a quick U-turn and followed a similar path. But we wasted weeks gradually shutting the country town and letting infections grow, in a misguided idea about protecting business. The best way to protect business is to have no virus. We're still in a good place, but imagine being virus-free inside a month. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/new-zealand-isnt-just-flattening-the-curve-its-squashing-it/ar-BB12hgdZ?ocid=spartandhp