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JEHAN CASINADER: Take a break from the torrent of covid information

Jehan Casinader
Sat, 12 Sep 2020

Remember the old saying, “A fish doesn't know that it is wet?”I’m the fish, and so are you. The sea is full of covid-related information – and we're drowning in it.Before the virus arrived on our shores, many of us were already overwhelmed by the demands of modern life. We were struggling to manage the huge amount of information that came at us each day.Previous generations had a much smaller volume of data to contend with. Perhaps you are old enough to remember what New Zealand was like when there was only...

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