Forfeiting the benefit of the doubt | Liam Hehir

Item: "The Botany Downs KFC worker, known as Case L, who went to work shortly before testing positive for Covid-19 told media today she was never told to isolate at home despite health officials and the Prime Minister stating otherwise."

Item: "A government-run group that informs New Zealanders about the latest Covid-19 information is contradicting the Prime Minister's stance surrounding a KFC worker who she says should have been isolating."


Item: "Hipkins said it was a “disappointing situation” the worker, who is in a customer-facing role, went to work wearing a mask, after first calling in sick to her employer on the telephone."

Item: "Yesterday, the Ministry of Health said the woman called in sick on Wednesday, because she needed to isolate until she got her test result, but after a conversation with her manager, decided to go to work and wear a mask. But in a statement, sent through a lawyer, the woman said she went to work on Wednesday because she felt better and she wore a mask to be safe."


Item: "Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said Bellis had been encouraged by MIQ to consider moving her plans forward to fit the 14-day travel criteria."

Item: "Former Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins made false statements about Charlotte Bellis despite officials discussing the correct information prior, before taking nearly six months to correct the public record."


Item: "Northland will move to level 3 tonight after a woman used false information to obtain travel documents and spent several days in the region. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said the confirmed case travelled from Auckland to Northland and had been to several places, warranting the change."

Item: Another document showed it was known three days before the 11-day lockdown was announced on October 8 that human error was behind the travel documents being granted to the women.


Proposal: Accusations levelled against private citizens by this government are to be presumed misinformation until proved otherwise.

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