Good Morning all,

So following consideration within the EC team (read: Kate holding my family at gunpoint) , I have decided to revise the canon status of Covid. As you are all well aware, as it stand in canon , Covid does not exist in New Zealand in any capacity. Whilst the merits of excluding Covid from Canon two years ago were sound at a time where the disease was not endemic to New Zealand, circumstances have changed and so must the sim.

I agree with the proposal submitted by u/CaptainKate2258, in regards to the considerable amount of policy avenues Covid considerations open up and the raft of new choices, consequences and events canonisation of Covid would unlock. I also agree that to treat Covid as being everywhere but New Zealand at this stage is frankly ridiculous.

From today onwards, all elements of covid are canon, barring of course irl government response. In the interests of touching grass covid numbers will not be simulated , and irl numbers will be used as references I.e. Spikes in Cases in real life translate to spikes of cases in sim.

In the interests of expediency, I exercise my authority under Article 3(1) of the Meta constitution to make this change effective immediately.