Kate Hawkesby: I'm not sure Kiwis are really willing to potentially mask up for another Christmas

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Nov 12, 2023 · 3m

I thought I was in a bad dream at the weekend when I saw the headline ‘Health experts recommend people wear masks and celebrate Christmas outdoors amid another Covid-19 wave.’

So, my first thought is – what ‘experts’ said this, and what wave? And how big is the wave? And when will we stop reporting waves?

Turns out it was Australia’s New South Wales Health Ministry who were saying there’d been a ‘moderate’ rise in Covid cases, and they’d asked people to consider wearing a mask inside crowded indoor spaces.

It didn’t take much scrolling further down the story to find the name Michael Baker…