Vet and Mrs Vet are off to Samoa in the next couple of days … well maybe.   The Samoan government has just announced it is restricting flights from NZL in an attempt to isolate Samoa from the Coronavirus.

Not an overly rationale decision; Samoa can’t isolate itself from the world unless they’re  prepared to seal off their borders completely,   But I do understand the decision … I have previously blogged on the deep level of distrust that exists between Samoa and New Zealand borne out of the gross incompetence of the then NZL colonial administration in relation to their handling of the 1919 Spanish Flu pandemic and latterly the export of measles from NZL to Samoa last year which, to date, has resulted in 79 deaths with 2.75% of the population catching the disease.

If ever there was a case of perception trumping (bad word) reality the decision to cut down on flights to/from Samoa is a case in point.

Thank God for travel insurance taken out four months ago.

And we won’t even talk about the panic being exhibited by some Aucklanders in besieging Supermarkets and stocking up on ‘essential’ supplies so called … effing Jaffas.