New Zealand on the counter-attack, so to speak

I really believed New Zealand could be the first country/place to have the Delta variant of covid-19/covid-19 in the community and then kick it out and resume life like it was before it got in, which is pretty much living like it was pre-pandemic.

I believe this not because of Jacinda's 'slogans' of "team of five million", "do the right thing", "get vaccinated" etc., but the consequences of the decisions. Now I don't know if it's the consequences of decisions but the concrete actions are a rise in infected covid-19 cases and not just in Auckland.

Yes, I just said I believe in 'actions', but you can hear it in their voices now - the need to stop covid spreading is more serious than before.

I don't know if it is false and blind belief, but I believe they can kick Delta out and keep it out, but the possibility is slimming fast.

I think putting level 2 NZ into level 3 is not out of the question, nor is removing the level 3 changes that apply to Auckland or just putting them back into level 4. But the latter will be hard in terms of not getting people in Auckland to breach the restrictions. It's not just the restrictions, it's trust in Jacinda, Ashley Bloomfield and to a lower extent, Chris Hipkins.

I said it will get worse before getting better.

Take Delta head on New Zealand, and kia kaha.

- A.M.