10 at a funeral, 100 at a funeral, 38 at a funeral, funerals are dangerous, until, oh whoops no they're not. They are a risk until they aren't, until Maori pack a massive sad and harangue a Prime Minister into submission.

So sadly here we go again, not because Maori and all the others who saw this for what it was aren't right, because they are. But because this lot don’t have a clue, they don't have a plan beyond whatever was stuck up on the whiteboard last.

It's happened yet again, like the tragedy of last week, that’s still being sorted through this week, of all those poor families that simply couldn't be given permission to see their dying relatives, until the court turned out to be the ones with a bit of common sense and a heart, and put the government and the Ministry right.

Not having learned that lesson, for some bizarre, inexplicable reason, we could all pile into a mall or a restaurant but no more than 10 at a funeral.

Why? Because we couldn’t control our emotions, we'd break out in a mad series of hugs and embraces, and the whole second wave would sweep through the land and we'd have to clear the 1000 hospital beds again and wait for the onslaught.

For all of those who have been hypnotised into believing this has been a well thought through, deeply considered, multi-layered military-type operation, I hope the cold hard truth is finally dawning on you . A lot of this, too much of this, has been a gerrymandered farce with little, if any, common sense attached.

From the possibility this has been illegal anyway, to the draconian nonsense exposed by the opposition in the Parliament these past 48 hours, to the "it’s a rule one day, no it's not” another, the inexperience and dangerous reliance on government departments is being exposed now almost daily.

The worst sort of decision a government can make is the one that doesn’t make sense in the first place , and then gets backed down on because of it.

Making the funeral call even worse is it comes with the added emotional stress at a time when it's least needed. The government who have told us to be kind so often it's become farcical, turns out to be the exact opposite. Unkind to families with dying loved ones, and unkind to families who have already lost loved ones.

That's all based on decisions and thinking that turned out to be paper thin either because of a court or an angry public, who, thank God, brought more common sense to the party than those who are supposed to be in charge and knowing what they're doing.