Yes you are absolutely right Jo. There is certainly a pattern of minimization of the dangers. “The chances of a community level transmission is low” according to the director general of health yesterday. I think kiwis are among the most complacent people in the world. It partly comes from geographical isolation and our practical abilities to get by. She’ll be right mate.
Another key factor is that most here are clueless about limits to growth as they don’t experience this directly due to our relatively modest population. Been to Auckland lately and seen the huge development projects underway everywhere. The context of where we are in the growth story globally is simply not understood.
Rolandumcallen - re Trump , he could easily catch this. He meets lots of people and he’ll be too arrogant and too vain to wear a mask. And he’s in a demographic where the illness could be quite problematical