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Sebastian Rushworth M.D. sebastianrushworth.com I work as a junior physician in Stockholm, Sweden. I studied medicine at the Karolinska Institute and graduated in January 2020. I am a proponent of evidence-based medicine. In other words, I think that medical diagnosis and treatment should be guided by the scientific
Guy Hatchard PhD HatchardReport.com Guy Hatchard PhD is formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID, a global food testing and certification company (now known as FoodChainID) Information Opinion Jacinda Ardern has redefined ‘kindness’ into something unrecognisable. As a result, New Zealand has become a lawless nation. You cannot live
I have seen a number of articles recently that have suggested that we are expecting huge numbers of positive cases of Omicron in the next few weeks. Here is the headline from the first article from Newshub, published on January 27th: There’s that ‘modelling’ again. As an accountant, I
Vera Stanton Nowhere else in the world has the zeal for ZeroCovid taken a more dystopian bent than in China and, by extension, Hong Kong. The once-international financial centre of more than 7 million has been cut off from the entire world – including mainland China and neighbouring SAR Macau. The
Liam Petterson Deputy Editor, Health + Medicine, The Conversation Is it time to rethink vaccine mandates for dining, fitness and events? We asked 5 experts The requirement to show proof of two doses of a COVID vaccine to do things such as eat out, go to the pub and visit sporting
Vera Stanton February 3rd was a day long-awaited by those locked out of their own country, as new announcements from the Podium of Truth would reveal if and when they could finally return home. Unsurprisingly, the announcements were couched in the usual self-congratulatory rhetoric and failed, yet again, to acknowledge
Ananish Chaudhuri ananishchaudhuri.com Ananish Chaudhuri is Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland and the author of “Nudged into lockdown? Behavioural Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19.” As we approach the second anniversary of WHO’s designation of Covid 19 as a pandemic in March 2020, many countries around
As time moves forward those of us who resisted mandates, stood strong, and thumbed our nose at the divisiveness promulgated by the evil regime of the tyrant Ardern, are getting to multiple ‘I told you so’ moments. The more people who are double or triple vaxxed catching the WuPox the
I’ve been saying for over a year that the politicians and bureaucrats will never let us be free again if they can help it. I hate being right. Nowhere is this better demonstrated than by the ever-shifting goalposts on vaccinations. First it was 70% and we’ll let you
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Policy Correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education. We’re into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic. From mask mandates to vaccine passports, government restrictions on our liberties remain in place. But, thankfully, at least in the US, the
Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. Dr. Julie Ponesse was a professor of ethics who has taught at Ontario’s Huron
Australia has quite a track record for royal commissions. In just the 120 years that they’ve been legislated, we’ve had no less than 139 of them — and that doesn’t count the state-based ones. Everything from the butter industry (1904-05) to bushfires (2009) and institutional child abuse (2013-17)
Given the Government has listened to National’s policy to end MIQ for vaccinated travellers and recognised the importance of rapid tests, National is proposing more ideas to improve the response to Omicron, says National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “Today, National is releasing our 10-point plan for the
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. ‘There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.’ Nelson Mandela Masking children is not indicated and is a huge threat to child well-being while masking anyone
