What exactly united the team of 5 million to quash Covid-19?
27 Dec, 2020 03:22 AM
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Covid-19: The four levels that changed New Zealand. Video / NZ Herald
New Zealand s team of five million has been endlessly credited for the quashing of Covid-19 - but how did our leaders unite us when scientific evidence was being ignored elsewhere?
Victoria University researchers have pored over transcripts of the 1pm media briefings that became routine viewing for Kiwis this year, to search for communication lessons for future crises. We ve been widely and rightly praised for having an evidence-based response to the pandemic, but our response wasn t just about facts and numbers, Dr Courtney Addison said.