13 Jun 2021

Wrong numbers amplify anxiety over vaccine supplies

From Mediawatch, 9:08 am on 13 June 2021

Against a backdrop of news reports about shortages and anger over delayed Covid-19 vaccinations, a Herald opinion piece this week claimed our supply would run dry within days. But swift fact-checking elsewhere established it was based on the wrong numbers. 

The column in The New Zealand Herald on Friday which raised alarm - and sparked intense fact-checking.

The column in The New Zealand Herald on Friday which raised alarm - and sparked intense fact-checking. Photo: photo / RNZ Mediawatch