The covid ‘crisis’ is sort of over these days, there are still people using masks in stupid places (in a car by themselves for example), but they are getting rarer. The Government is still pushing the ‘lets all get vaccinated / boosted’ narrative, but far fewer people are listening.
As for where we at at on the covid statistics, it’s pretty much covered by the link below.
It’s probable there will be another covid ‘crisis’, given that we are 6 months behind the rest of the world, and that a crisis is always good for the polls.
I suspect they have cried wolf to many times though..
The latest covid data isn’t looking good for the vaccinated in New Zealand these days. On a personal level, most of my family have had covid (Omicron) and the one’s who got over it faster were the unvaccinated ones.
They are still promoting getting vaccinated on radio and TV with a rather condesending voice thats just irritating. The level of mask compliance in shops is steadily dropping, and I suspect getting booster’s is following the same trend.
At this point, the Government is on the backfoot, but we do know they have plans for the next ‘crisis’ starting around June.
ANZAC day here in New Zealand (25 April), is the day we remember those who served in the First and Second World War, but never returned.
Meanwhile, the mandates have gone for now, but it wasn’t what the Government really wanted. It only occurred because of protests, falling polls, and a failing covid crisis narrative that they have milked for far too long.
The court case against mandates for Defence force personell may have been won, but the unvaccinated members are now been ‘performance managed’ out, in a classic case of the Government doubling down.
Most of the ANZAC parades were therefore cancelled around the country because of fear mongering by the media and Government pressure on it’s civil servants not to attend, hence the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Police, weren’t there to remember the fallen.
Given all this, my family and I attended the dawn service anyway, as a mark of respect for those who served. The parade was a lot smaller this year with just the band, Fire service, and the St John’s ambulance service. It was followed by a very short commemoration service.
It was pleasing that a large number of the general public came and paid their respects, and also reassuring that the vast majority of them weren’t wearing masks.
The service itself, it was a lot smaller due to the non-attendance of most Government services
P.S. The photo’s are a bit substandard because they were taken at 6AM in the dark without a flash. Luckily, my oldest daughter is studying photography this year, so with a bit of help I’ll get better at it!
The vaccine mandates and passports will be gone in New Zealand on April 4, which is a week away.
The Government is currently trying to hold several positions at once about the whole thing, but it still appears they are losing ground in the polls.
Since the announcement, Some of us unvaccinated are now getting emails, that invite us to rejoin the clubs, etc that kicked us out 4 months ago. I’ve even been invited for a ‘healthy heart’ checkup from my local doctor.
I don’t know weather to be happy or sad about this, or just be plain angry about it.
There is anger at what we were put through, anger at been treated as lepers, unable to play sports, go to cafés, etc.
Anger at the lost opportunities for the kids. This in itself really gets me, because I’ve spent the last 15 years trying to give the kids the best possible start in life, with opportunities that I never had.
It just seems so cost free moralistic for society to just expect us to rejoin them, as if nothing happened.
There are the unvaccinated who lost their jobs, and some of them are still traumatized by this.
I spent some time before Xmas with people who were ostracised from their families and ‘friends’. Even some churches were turning away the unvaccinated.
It still isn’t over of course, because the Government has mentioned using their emergency powers as a way of controlling the flu.
All of this has led to a lack of trust and confidence in society as a whole, which is why the unvaccinated have got together in small groups all over the country in the first place. Some are now talking of a parallel economy (effectively an economy that is separate from the state)
I’m not sure what to think of all this right now. We may have won and got rid of the vaccine passports and most of the mandates, but will it last?
Uncoffined 
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