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Peter
Dunne’s essential argument is that there has been an
unhealthy refusal in New Zealand to listen to different
voices on how to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Certainly
if there had been a refusal it would have been unhealthy. He
attributes the country’s success to “…public fear, and
skillful communications accompanied by sheer good
fortune.” This is misplaced.
Certainly there was
public fear; it was an unprecedented threatening and highly
contagious pandemic after all. Yes there was skill in the
communications. But the communications were also based on
the best evidence available and delivered with both empathy
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Peter Dunne’s essential argument is that there has been an unhealthy refusal in New Zealand to listen to different voices on how to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Certainly if there had been a refusal it would have been unhealthy. He attributes the country’s success to “…public fear, and skillful communications accompanied by sheer good fortune.” This is misplaced.
Certainly there was public fear; it was an unprecedented threatening and highly contagious pandemic after all. Yes there was skill in the communications. But the communications were also based on the best evidence available and delivered with both empathy and plain language.