That’s how many died from Covid and the population of each nation, compared to Ireland we are talking about 6000 lives difference. That’s the price we sacrificed to protect as many people as we could, to leave no one behind. There is every possibility those numbers spark the sense of an economic crisis with the stock market tanking and voter’s Kiwisavers getting smashed. Voters will ask themselves in that sense of crisis, ‘who will look after me, Labour or National/ACT’. If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media