E150 | Sir Ashley Bloomfield
Show notes | Sir Ashley Bloomfield
0:00 Is the Bloomfield brand as strong as ever?
1:52 Getting hit with the fame sledgehammer at age 54
3:55 The WhatsApp group
09:52 The foundations of Sir Ashley Bloomfield
15:32 Hitchhiking the North Island
20:21 Learning the ropes as a House Surgeon
22:41 From clinical medicine to public health
24:27 Hearing about Covid for the first time
30:31 The power of “I don’t know”
32:28 The 1pm press conference
38:24 Media wars: Hosking v Bloomfield
42:00 Building a skill set to deal with a global pandemic
44:52 The Bloomfield Covid experience away from the spotlight
53:11 Bloomfield on leadership
56:58 Bloomfield’s greatest hits
1:00:43 Life post-Director General Health
1:02:01 Last words from Steve, Seamus, and Sir Ashley