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COVID-19,
Ian Harrison,
Mike Butler,
Otago University,
Te Punaha Matatini
The decision to lock down all “non-essential” workplaces was an overaction to a claim by modellers that between 8560 and 14,400 could die over the next year and that claim was not supported by evidence, Ian Harrison of Tailrisk Economics said today.
One model was built by the University of Otago Covid-19 Research Group and the other by Te Punaha Matatini, which is a cluster of researchers from Landcare Research and the Universities of Auckland and Canterbury.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned of 14,400 deaths after shutting down all “non-essential” workplaces for four weeks.
