What was the point? Making sure people didn't die until we had viable vaccines, basically. So yep, we're hitting widespread Omicron now, but a) it appears to h

What was the point? Making sure people didn't die until we had viable vaccines, basically. So yep, we're hitting widespread Omicron now, but a) it appears to have far less severe health impacts compared to strains like Delta and b) 95.2% of Kiwis have had two doses of Pfizer, 72.5% the booster. https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-vaccine-data#dhbtables https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-...