Articles by Steve Elers
Dr Steve Elers is a senior lecturer in the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing at Massey University. He writes a weekly column for Stuff on social and cultural issues.
Prime Minister Needs to be Held to Account over Coronavirus Claims
Opinion • elocal Digital Edition • May 2020
by Steve Elers
It’s safe to assume most New Zealanders understood this as meaning we have the potential for the virus to be gone, out of here, see you later, because elimination generally implies “the complete removal or destruction of something”. Also, the Covid-19 website says: “Our goal is to eliminate Covid-19 from New Zealand, so that we can live and work free from this disease.” However,…