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Health System or Hype? The Pandemic Report | Auckland News
The Royal Commission’s damning Covid report has landed — and the government’s response? “We agree, but we can’t afford it.” While New Zealand dodged the worst of the pandemic thanks to early lockdowns and a milder Omicron, our health system was barely holding together: PPE shortages, ventilator gaps, and broken data systems made contact tracing a regional phone game. Now, the commission demands a scalable, data-driven health system with better hospital ventilation — all “accepted in principle,” pending funding. With ballooning debt, cost-of-living pressures, and an election looming, the…
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