During the first lockdown. The then Minister of Health, David Clark, was caught riding his bike. The end result? He got to keep his job because, according to the PM, “we cannot afford massive disruption in the health sector or to our response.” Hundreds of Kiwis waited patiently to get
Information Opinion A week ago, The BFD published a review of the Pfizer vaccine trials in which I analysed the actual data released by the company. The takeaway for readers was that the numbers simply did not justify government decisions. Pfizer trumpeted headlines about over 43,000 participants enrolled in
Gerhard Sundborn Epidemiologist, University of Auckland, Department of Pacific Health, New Zealand Simon Thornley Epidemiologist/Public Health Physician, University of Auckland, Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, New Zealand Rupert Scott General Practitioner, Whangarei, New Zealand René de Monchy General Practitioner and Psychiatrist, Tauranga, New Zealand Matt Shelton General Practitioner, Wellington,
The Bradzter Have you experienced hate, abuse, insults or all of the above lately? Chances are that you have, regardless of which side of the fence you sit on when it comes to vaccination choice. We are experiencing a pandemic of fear. This fear is driven by the top levels
Tetraplegic woman reliant on carers fears ‘no jab, no job’ policy will force skilled workers out of ‘understaffed’ industry The Tauranga-based tetraplegic is reliant on her caregivers 24/7 and is fearing the worst. “I struggle to understand how the Government can get a mandate on health care providers,
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Eric Hussey ronpaulinstitute.org Public smiling in photographs probably started in the 1920s. Photography just took too long for people to hold a smile in the early years of photography. So, they sat still instead of sitting happy. Then photos got faster and people started to smile for those photos.
The Guardian — I read it, so you don’t have to. Believe me, I’m doing you a favour. There’s no rote-learned “progressive” opinion so dumb that the Guardian won’t print it. But some Guardianista opinion pieces are garnished with just the right touch of idiotic irony
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern hasn’t made a decision on whether Aucklanders will need a time slot to leave to city because she’s lost control of the Robertson/Hipkins spat. On Newshub Nation this morning she refused to rule out time slots for Aucklanders to leave the
Paul D Thacker bmj.com Paul D Thacker is an Investigative Journalist that lives in Madrid, Spain In autumn 2020 Pfizer’s chairman and chief executive, Albert Bourla, released an open letter to the billions of people around the world who were investing their hopes in a safe and effective
David Seymour ACT Leader The Ministry of Health has done the right thing by not handing over the private health information of individuals based on race. The effect of a High Court judgement last week that Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency should have access to Maori data to try to lift
Gerhard Sundborn Epidemiologist, University of Auckland, Department of Pacific Health, New Zealand Simon Thornley Epidemiologist/Public Health Physician, University of Auckland, Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, New Zealand Rupert Scott General Practitioner, Whangarei, New Zealand René de Monchy General Practitioner and Psychiatrist, Tauranga, New Zealand Matt Shelton General Practitioner, Wellington,
We were told from the outset of the pandemic that we could only trust the Prime Minister and her officials when they spoke. All other sources of information were to be discounted. That was backed up by various ministers also claiming they were the one source of truth from the
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