Lockdown Day 23 - Essential Services

Lately I have heard of a number of strange things that have been permitted (or perhaps just overlooked) as essential services. For example: being allowed to travel to another small town to collect a teenager needing to be relocated, or starting an after-dark vigilante group (I'm not kidding). It has made me consider what exactly constitutes an essential service?

Some things are obvious, like health care workers, food suppliers, police offers. But then, what about the people who supply the patches for Sam's vision training who will not allow us to get more, or couriers who are not going to deliver the replacement specs I need to see? What's the difference between delivering food, and delivering aids or paperwork. These are just examples, of course. Still, it opened up an even bigger conversation for the kids.

Last night, while playing, Sam knocked a loose tooth out of Zac's mouth, and suddenly the Tooth Fairy's job was in question. Thanks to Google and Jacinda Ardern, (amazing) president of New Zealand, Zac quickly confirmed that the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy are both essential workers. And so this morning when he woke, Zac was delighted to receive a note and some reward for his tooth. Fortunately the ATM is still functioning as an essential service...