30 Jan 2022

Silly season turns serious as Omicron arrives

From Mediawatch, 9:10 am on 30 January 2022

It’s business as usual for the media again: all Covid, all the time with the whole country back in the red (traffic light). But even before Omicron inevitably broke through, anti-vaxxers and their fans provided rich pickings for our news-starved media - in spite of the fact they're now more of a minority than ever.

Shelves at Countdown, St Lukes, Auckland, were stripped of toilet paper following the announcement the country will move to red.

Shelves at Countdown, St Lukes, Auckland, were stripped of toilet paper following the announcement the country will move to red. Photo: RNZ / Kymberlee Fernandes