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Is There Really a High Level of Support for Extending the Lockdown?

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Most New Zealanders willing to extend Covid-19 lockdown ‘pain’ – survey

[…] people were asked if they would be willing to remain in lockdown for at least another two weeks beyond 22 April when it is due to finish.
Sixty percent agreed they would, 14 percent disagreed, and 26 percent didn’t know. He said 60 percent showed a high level of support.

I think any researcher that says 60% is a high level of support needs to be questioned.

You probably would have difficultly faulting what Research New Zealand says, as having a look at the bosses’ bios suggest that they know a thing or two about research. However, it’s what this article does not say that I think is important.

Research NZ may be independent, but they do a lot of work for the Government (Two-thirds of their client list are Government departments; the rest are charities, and they are based in Wellington). I bet this survey was commissioned by one of their Government clients – but we are not told which Government department commissioned it, nor are we given a list of the questions. Where is the analysis from the mainstream news media?

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