Data for the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme (August 2021) since applications opened on 20 August 2021:
135,570 jobs - most probably still in limbo - some never coming back.
Yet the focus is always on the health risks - almost never the economic. Not from the government anyway.
The two are in any case deeply intertwined. Unemployment is a leading cause of depression.
Why aren't health specialists talking more about the toll lock downs take on the mental health of the population?
How much suffering for 'safety' will New Zealanders put up with?
