A Covid-19 modeller has described the Government's release of data on vaccination, disease and deaths rates as a sideshow causing unnecessary fear.
The modelling done by Te Pūnaha Matatini at the University of Auckland shows if 80 percent of the population over the age of five is vaccinated 7000 people a year could still die from the virus and 60,000 end up in hospital.
Even at much higher vaccination rates additional measures such as mask-wearing and rapid antigen testing would be needed to avoid lockdowns.
Some experts are questioning the data while others argue it's important to get out the vaccination message.
Here's political reporter Charlie Dreaver.
