In the next pandemic, NZ doesn’t need to choose between health and the economy
- Written by Paula Lorgelly, Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Getty ImagesThis time six years ago, as officials prepared to move New Zealand into lockdown, the public was suddenly introduced to the complex and somewhat bewildering world of pandemic modelling.
These highly mathematical models mapped out how COVID-19 might spread, projecting potential infections, hospitalisations and deaths in stark scenarios,...





