To climate change: when much of life is carrying on as normal in Aotearoa, it can be hard to keep in our mind's eye the risk that the COVID-19 virus poses. When this crisis began, however, we were fortunate that we did not need to see our hospitals overrun before believing that decisive action was needed. This is in large part thanks to the clear communication from the Government, health officials, and media, who clearly laid out the stark, real consequence of inaction. And we are fortunate that the images from elsewhere in the world, almost everywhere in the world, made visible the consequences of not going hard and going early. 