Risks weren’t considered

I have only a modicum of sympathy for the operations manager from Henderson ( Weekend Herald, July 24) who — despite knowing he “has a heart condition” — went to Sydney for “an overnight trip” last month and is now stuck there complaining “I’m disgusted with our Government”.

He and his company failed to consider the risks they were taking when he chose to go to Sydney. The day before the businessman left New Zealand there were already 124 locally acquired (community transmission) Covid-19 cases in New South Wales, the Bondi cluster had grown to 11, and the state’s Premier was expecting restrictions across Sydney to be extended.

Given those circumstances, what type of company or CEO (or rocket scientist) says, “Let’s send our man to Sydney”?

Nigel Roberts, Wilton.