Last week my staffer's 4-year-old boy was diagnosed with cancer. Over the next few weeks and months, he will receive treatment at Christchurch and Nelson hospitals. These treatments will mean he is immunocompromised. Willy deserves all the protections he can get to avoid catching and becoming ill from COVID-19. I am grateful to all of the health workers who have chosen to be vaccinated to protect vulnerable children like Willy. Willy is too young to be vaccinated. He has no choice. He needs adults to make choices that will protect him from getting sicker than he already is. He deserves to be treated and cared for by health workers who are vaccinated. Willy's diagnosis has brought home to me the stark reality of COVID-19 and the risk it presents to our most vulnerable. I am proud of this Government's decisions to protect our most vulnerable, like Willy, from the worst impacts of COVID-19. The overwhelming majority of New Zealanders have made decisions and sacrifices that benefit the collective good; decisions that aren't just about themselves but are about their neighbours, whānau, friends, and strangers, because we are better off when we look after each other.