Analysis: News organisations have devoted plenty of space to the unvaccinated healthcare and education workers being stood down this week. Photo: RNZ MediawatchAround 1300 DHB staff and an estimated 700 teachers have been stood down this week after failing to comply with the government’s vaccine mandate. Some of the stories give no explanation for the reasons behind the vaccine mandate. Reporters may think that the reasons for the mandate are self-evident, or that other coverage is sufficient in explaining the benefits of the Covid-19 vaccine. The entire reason the vaccine mandates exist is to reduce infection risk for vulnerable people.

Source: Stuff November 19, 2021 09:20 UTC