11 Sep 2020

The Panel with Michele A'Court and Neil Miller (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:00 pm on 11 September 2020

Topics - On this day six months ago, the World Health Organisation Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus officially declared Covid-19 a "pandemic". University of Otago Professor Tony Blakely joins The Panel to look back on the last six months. Professor of Law at Waikato University, Alexander Gillespie, joins The Panel to discuss the line between free speech and scare speech amid misinformation about Covid-19. There is a "critical shortage" of veterinarians in New Zealand, says the New Zealand Veterinary Association. The Panel speaks to CE Kevin Bryant about why the profession is not seen as sexy enough.