EDITORIAL: This may not be the best time to invoke Chinese proverbs but here's one anyway: He who rides the tiger is afraid to dismount. It's a caution against courses of action that are not only hard to sustain, but hard to abandon safely. New Zealand reluctantly climbed on to the back of the Covid-19 tiger and although we have ridden it almost into the ground it is only diminished. Our social lives are still hugely constrained and must remain so for at least two weeks – which means the disciplines of social distancing, hygiene and comparative stay-puttedness cannot be relaxed. Here, too, was a chance to improve the new normal by favouring local businesses that have themselves geared up for new ways to serve us from safe, respectful distances.

Source: Stuff April 28, 2020 16:52 UTC