Those who focus on a personal loss are really encouraging a kind of individualism that actually misses out on the fact that the individuals in a society are better off—perfectly exemplified by the COVID-19 response. We couldn't have done that if we didn't have a Government, if we didn't have a public health system, if we didn't have customs, or if we didn't have the ability to pull together resources and set up a managed isolation and quarantine system. We all benefit from the near-eradication of COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand and, of course, none of us could have done that as individuals. 