The importance of keeping your pandemic bubble small

The World

A bubble by definition can be easily pricked and compromised. That’s especially true for the kind of small bubbles of contacts people are trying to maintain during the pandemic. So how do you do it? A pink-haired microbiologist in New Zealand has become that country’s go-to advice columnist on TV, radio and online for all things COVID-19, including how to keep your bubble small. Marco Werman speaks Siouxsie Wiles from her tiny bubble in Auckland. 

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