In these times, politicians have an opportunity to lead or to mislead, and I stand firmly on the side of those who are showing leadership through this global pandemic, because there's been a lot of information that's been shared lately, but it will have left New Zealanders confused and concerned unnecessarily. We saw more examples of that today, including the irresponsible claim that was put out there just today that mutations of the virus are becoming less deadly and fewer people are getting severely affected by it. Those claims by the Leader of the Opposition are simply irresponsible. 