Whether it is the violent premise of opposing public health mandates that have been put in place to protect children who are too young to be vaccinated, to protect our elderly kaumātua, or to protect immunocompromised and disabled people, that premise that opposes those safety protections is, at its heart, violent. And in war and violent conflict, it is the people on all sides with the least power and resource who are killed and hurt and traumatised, and we actively have to reject that violent conflict. 