Tentative steps
Feb 27, 2022
4 minutes
JANE CLIFTON
t’s possible to be philosophical about it and invoke the old “If a tree falls in a forest” conundrum, but the embarrassing reality is, New Zealand is fighting Covid in a sudden data drought.
It might be more pertinent to ask: if a health ministry gets itself lost in a forest of poor decision-making in the thick of a pandemic, why is the only discernible sound that of officials begging people not to get tested?
The crux is, the country is near to seeing Omicron infections peak, ushering in the blessed day when Covid restrictions can start to be lifted. But aside from the
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