Epidemiology is the study of the numbers around the transmission, treatment and mortality of infectious diseases (note infectious diseases)

Why is this relevant? Well at Planet-B we have at length pointed to Bakers fictitious unsubstantiated ramblings as to where this is outbreak is going.

Combine this with having a Director General of Health who’s qualification is in non-infectious diseases and a Government following a futile elimination strategy, who have spent precisely nothing on improving our frontline response, even though it was patently obvious that this variant was on its way, and I can see why my kids want out of NZ.  

Hell even the Aussies get it (we clearly are becoming ‘thick’ as a nation) – I guess we can no longer refute the OECD education stats that have us at the very bottom of most categories)

But to the numbers.  If we follow Bakers scaremongering numbers:

Cases 277

                                                                              Baker     Actual

Number that should be in hospital                    83           16

Number in ICU                                                    14-20         0

Deaths                                                                   2-5            0

Perhaps we can get him to start a website picking Lotto numbers