Tagged: risk communication

Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jun 30, 2020 •

• coronavirus,
• COVID-19,
• pandemic planning,
• pandemic terminology,
• risk communication

Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Amanda Kvalsvig, Prof Michael Baker Compared with other OECD countries NZ is a stand-out success story by ending community transmission of COVID-19. While there have been some well-publicised recent deficiencies (eg, quarantine organisation), there has still been no evidence of community transmission for many weeks. Nevertheless, further improvements in NZ’s response are possible and in this … Read More

Silencing Science: in the long run, openness is the better strategy - Griffin's Gadgets

Peter Griffin • May 10, 2016 •

• risk communication,
• science communication,
• Science in Society,
• silencing science

The new book Silencing Science, by University of Auckland physicist Professor Shaun Hendy highlights some recent examples of where scientists have been missing in action when the public needed their knowledge and insights the most. I can personally relate to this. During the Fonterra botulism scare, the 2014 Yersinia outbreak and for periods in the wake of … Read More