Pyei Phyo Lin brownstone.org Pyei Phyo Lin is a physics PhD student at the University of Oldenburg in Germany. With the surge of COVID winter wave in the Northern hemisphere, the pressure on the unvaccinated to get the shots are getting more aggressive and their daily lives also become
Plus ça Change, as they say in France: “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. It’s coming up on three years since Victorians made Jeff Kennett premier, and, as it was back then, the state is an economic basket-case, thanks to a Labor government. Of course,
In a previous article, we touched on the unfinished nature of Covid vaccine phase III trials. This whole business of clinical trials could do with some examination, so in this article, we will cover what the various phases are and discuss why there is confusion about what ‘finished’ means (particularly
After more than 100 days in lockdown and endless announcements of announcements, Aucklanders will be relieved by a bit more freedom today but there is much more for the Government to do, says National Leader Christopher Luxon. The Government is yet to explain exactly why Auckland needs to enter the
The Ponderer Apparently, the Selwyn district has the highest vaccination rate in the entire country. In her October email update, the local MP Nicola Grigg proudly proclaimed that Selwyn had a 95% first-dose vaccination rate as of October 26. Star News claimed 97% on 29 October. The NZ Herald claimed
covidplanb.co.nz A feature of the covid-19 pandemic has been the relentless highlighting of cases, hospitalisations and deaths of covid-19 with very little context to help interpret the statistics. No matter what the mitigating factors, the story of a deathly and fearful virus is maintained by authorities, media and
Dieuwe de Boer NC Board Secretary New Conservative In this article Dieuwe covers the cost of lockdowns, how New Conservative’s support for life and freedom are mutually compatible, and the enactment of medical discrimination. Lockdowns Cost Lives Western Australia and the United Kingdom have seen spikes in hospital use
I’ve been working with some clients on the new rules that come into effect today. Most understand the provisions around vaccinated staff – they don’t want to fire people, but they don’t want to risk significant fines either. Fully vaccinated staff are mandated only for certain industries and,
The Parlermaid Earlier this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reassured New Zealanders that the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Order 2021 (‘the Order’) is “also about providing a greater protection than we have now. By using vaccine passes it makes sure that unvaccinated people aren’t being put at
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Mary Beth Pfeiffer Rescue with Michael Capuzzo rescue.substack.com Investigative journalist and author. Since early 2020, Mary Beth has written 20 articles on early treatment for COVID-19. She is outraged by the medical injustice and corruption that denies lifesaving care. Articles, etc: thefirstepidemic.com Sun Ng, a retired contractor
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Donald Digby As part of our return to New Zealand and after serving the required time interned as a guest of the government, we then needed to complete 3 days in “self-isolation”. To be honest I hadn’t given “self-isolation” much thought at first. When you’re coming home from
Pish Posh “Here be Dragons” is a phrase used by cartographers to describe the wild, faraway, uncharted corners of a map. With the announcement of vaccine apartheid, New Zealand has launched into these wilds. Here be Dragons. Jacinda Ardern attempted to sugarcoat New Zealand’s shameful entry into vaccine apartheid
Louise M Diack Governments have an unfortunate habit of getting things wrong and failing to change course, even as developing events demand they should. Rather than level with the people of the country, they double down and keep spinning in the hope people won’t notice. Of course, the people
I am confused. I thought that, when we entered the new ‘traffic light’ system, we would be getting more freedom… well, some of us would be anyway. Instead, the whole country is at ‘orange’, except for the bits that are at ‘red’. There is no such thing as a ‘green’
