27 May

Have a look from 9:30, when the NZ Education Minister is asked about teachers getting continuously sick now from Covid, and their very high risk of Long Covid. The government’s solution? More sick leave for teachers, and more funding for casuals! Imagine any other workplace where a lethal WHS danger to life was dealt with by offering more sick leave and casual staff. ‘Yes, there’s asbestos here, but if you get a bit breathless just take some time off and we’ll get some casuals in to breathe it in instead for a few days’. As the interviewer says, the more you let people get sick, the worse the whole problem gets. Politicians won’t touch this, because the health of an entire generation of children is much less popular than peoples’ recreational lifestyles. Their travel, entertainment, dining out etc. Kidults.