The Labour MPs on Parliament's health committee apparently have such an insufficient grasp of such issues that they needed a 20-minute "idiot's guide" presentation from the heads of Health and MBIE this week. When it was finally his turn, Bishop's line of questioning was broken up by Labour's Ginny Andersen asking about the benefits of giving vaccines to border workers first. This morning I moved for the Health Committee to go for another hour with the senior officials for further questions (on border testing and more). Covid Minister Chris Hipkins eventually found out - about 60 MIQ workers. That would ring truer if Labour MPs on the committee dropped their cynical, indefensible tactics, which have left us all poorer as a result.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 16, 2021 04:28 UTC