Data and Model behind your use of the term "Cumulative Risk" about kiwis returning from overseas
Raghu P Pushpakath made this Official Information request to Chris Hipkins
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From: Raghu P Pushpakath
Dear Chris Hipkins,
This request is made to you since you hold the portfolio of Minister for COVID-19 Response.
I am a New Zealander living overseas for past few years, trying to return to New Zealand.
This request is about certain terms/numbers you used during the Covid Update Press Conference on November 17 2021.
For your reference, the transcript is here in the Govt website: https://covid19.govt.nz/alert-levels-and...
1) You said "So we have to deal with the cumulative risk". Assuming that you used the term "Cumulative Risk" from a Mathematics/Statistics perspective, what all data have you collected about Kiwis returning home and what statistical models have your team created about the threats/risks they bring in, in order for you to come up with this "Cumulative Risk" decision ?
2) You said "if we’re getting even 10 cases per 1000, if we’re having 5,000 or 6,000 per day coming into the country...". How did you make this assumption of 5000-6000 arrivals per day? How many flights does your statistical model predict to come into the country, and how many passengers in average per flight?
3) You also said "if we’re getting even 10 cases per 1000". For last many days/weeks, we have not seen these many infections from the border in any of the daily Covid updates from your department. How did your statistical model come up with this figure and based on what data?
For all of the above questions, Please share all of the data and the underlying statistical model details as part of the response. I am a mathematician and I would like to understand the data and the models behind these decisions/conclusions/statements.
Yours faithfully,
Raghu
From: C Hipkins (MIN)
Chris Hipkins
Kia ora
Thank you for taking the time to write to Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for
COVID-19 Response, Minister of Education, Minister for the Public Sector
and Leader of the House.
We are receiving a significant amount of correspondence at the moment and,
although your email will be carefully considered and noted, it is not
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this is an automatic response and we will endeavour to respond to your
individual queries as soon as we can.
You can find the latest information and guidance about Alert Levels at
[1]https://covid19.govt.nz/alert-levels-and...
The locations of interest are set out
at [2]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
encourage anyone who has been at one of the locations of interest at the
time specified to self-isolate and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453. You
can find the nearest testing centre to you
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make a complaint or request a review of your application by
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Medsafe’s vaccine safety monitoring reports
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o The Government’s plan to reconnect New Zealand with the rest of the
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Please remember to take care, and be kind. We have beaten COVID-19 before,
and we can do it again.
Ngā mihi,
Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister for COVID-19 Response | Minister of Education | Minister for the
Public Sector | Leader of the House | MP for Remutaka
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From: C Hipkins (MIN)
Chris Hipkins
Dear Raghu
Please find attached letter from Hon Chris Hipkins in response to your email of 20 November 2021
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister for COVID-19 Response | Minister of Education | Minister of the Public Service | Leader of the House
Parliament Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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