''We would have been better off loosening all restrictions last summer, when we had peak vaccine effectiveness'', writes Brooke van Velden. ''We would have been better off loosening all restrictions last summer, when we had peak vaccine effectiveness'', writes Brooke van Velden. In fact, New Zealand was better prepared for Covid last summer than this one. Why did we spend last summer in the trenches, and this summer in the sunshine? The simple answer is that last summer the Prime Minister’s messaging was all about fighting Covid.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 27, 2022 21:46 UTC