Writing T3 week 6

Plan: 

Purpose: To share my point of view 

Audience: Whaea Tamzin

RT: To include sequence of points 

NL:  to persuade 

Do you think the borders should be open?

"Currently not everyone in New Zealand is vaccinated which means there is still a risk of families getting COVID-19. This is why I think the borders should be closed and I will explain more reasons in my writing"

“Firstly, covid 19 can make people really sick and even cause death. People that have survived COVID say that it takes a long time to get over it and some have suffered organ damage as well as organ damage we also saw lady in the South Island who previously had COVID and now she can’t do the things she loves like gardening because she’s so tired all the time.

It could also mean that people need to go to hospital and if the nurses/staff working at the hospital catch covid then there's less nurses to take care of patients that are sick. With fewer nurses, who is going to take care of the sick  people at hospitals?

Other countries like the United Kingdom are treating Covid 19 like the flu but covid 19 is different from the flu because it can spread much quicker for example a person with Delta variant  could infect 5 other people. The Delta variant stays alive much longer in the air and on surfaces making it easier to catch.  

I have seen stories on the news which say our vaccinating of people is quite slow, so if we open up our borders there is more chance the virus will spread quickly because so many people are not vaccinated.

Sadly with the borders closed some families are unable to see/visit each other. This has caused a lot of pain and sadness, some families have to see their families by doing zoom calls or goggles meets.