The Cracks they are a Showing
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The Cracks they are a Showing

If folk are meant to trust their leader; then the leader at least needs to know their subject - especially when they are making decisions that affect the daily lives of millions.


The Interview

During The AM Show this morning Ryan Bridges (RB) interviewed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (PM).??Here is a transcript of some of their conversation with my editorial comments in brackets (Ed):

(PM) "Our plan, going forward, is continue to use the best evidence and international advice that we can."??(So why, dear PM, are you using some seriously questionable local modelling that you're having shown on national tv? Ed).?

(PM) "There is no country right now - even those with vaccination rates that are high - that are still not experiencing the impacts of this pandemic."?(So, dear PM, is this an admission that high vaccination rates are not 'the cure' ? Ed).

(PM)?"We asked for modelling to be able to reflect the current efficiency and evidence we have around Pfizer in a Delta environment which emerged in June."

(RB) "Delta has been with us for 8 months."??(Thanks for informing the PM of that, Ryan. She seemed oblivious to when it appeared here. Ed)

(PM) "It's very difficult for us to model a variant that has not existed and we did not have a strong evidence base."?? (So, dear PM, then why are you showing so much faith in a model that you have it displayed on national tv ? Ed)

(RB) "Delta arrived at the end of last year, Prime Minister."?

(PM)?The evidence that we have mostly we are drawing from around the June period, when it surged in India. So, it's very difficult for us to model anything really accurately; most of it's just a guide, but we use the most up to date evidence we have."? (So again, dear PM, why are you showing SO much faith in a model - which is not in your own words "really accurate" and "just a guide" that you have displayed on national tv and instilled fear in the population? Ed).


What can We take from This ?

Having read this transcript, or listening to the interview, do you have faith that the Prime Minister of New Zealand - who has only one answer for anything to do with Covid-19 "vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate" - is making informed and wise choices on our behalf ?

From what I'm seeing, the cracks in knowledge and the narrative have become very apparent.

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