Hauturu at sunrise

Working remotely has advantages and disadvantages; this morning the disadvantages dominated. What had to be done would have been easier to manage had I been on site. Perhaps that shows more my need to control things, than the absolute necessity of my presence. 

The advantage today was that it was a half day, and I was able to take S to the city in the afternoon for her to have her first vaccination. No one has explained why they have not called her before for the COVID vaccination; nor why when she was sent an appointment it was for August. She rang and asked why and without explanation was given a time for today.

We are now back home again and S feels a little worn out by the bad migraine all day plus the vaccination.

Our daughter C took her hoping to get vaccinated as the support person (something offered in the publicity) but they couldn't do so because they didn't have any extra vaccine.

While they were at the vaccination centre, I had a walk in Swanson with my camera and saw two Common Mynahs up in a tree (see extra). The birds look on the alert. Not sure if they are in sympathy with Wellington which has gone to Level 2 as a result of an Australian visitor for the weekend (just past) testing positive on return to Sydney. The visitor was (it seems) very socially active during the couple of days spent in Wellington, and so far all possible contacts have tested negative for COVID. 

While the country MAY have dodged a bullet, we won't really know for a couple of weeks. Hence the precautionary limit on size of gatherings. Daughter made a good comment this afternoon when she reported someone as saying that New Zealanders will do what they are asked/told to do, but if it is merely a recommendation many will not comply. This has been very obvious with the fall off in wearing a mask in public transport since it became a recommendation. Similarly with the tracking system. I notice that people my age tend to still record where they go via the tracing app, and younger (especially men) tend to not do so.

I doubt that the Indian (common) mynah is able to perceive the COVID-19 virus, but these two were certainly at one or other level of alertness.