Covid-19
Preparing New Zealand for a Post-vaccine World
David Seymour ACT Leader, MP for Epsom ACT has produced what the Government hasn’t been able to, and what New Zealanders have been asking for: a plan for the immediate, and longer-term, steps of New Zealand’s response to COVID-19. Not only did ACT release the most comprehensive COVID-19
Morrison Wants a Travel Bubble; Why Doesn’t Ardern?
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed the only thing holding up a two-way travel bubble with New Zealand is our Government’s lack of urgency, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. When asked by media today on how far away a full travel bubble with New Zealand is,
More Than 1 in 3 New Zealanders Remain Hesitant or Sceptical about COVID-19 Vaccines
Jagadish Thaker Massey University JT or JAGADISH THAKER (Ph.D., George Mason University) is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University. He is an affiliate researcher with the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, and
Broadcasting from the Facebook Bunker Expanded
Information Satire TWE Jacinda Ardern Explainer Editor: Broadcasting from her Facebook Bunker, the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today the transmogrification of her Facebook channel to a fully integrated news outlet. “Traditional news outlets are too negative,” she said, “and are continually asking me things which I know nothing about:
They Ignored Brian Roche Last Time. What Makes Anyone Think This Time Will Be Different?
The government have developed a habit of having a review whenever they cock things up. It is just a delaying tactic to let things cool down, and like the last review, nothing will actually change. The government ignored the findings of the Roche/Simpson report, but now they have tapped
The Great Reopening
Edward Peter Stringham aier.org Edward Peter Stringham is President of the American Institute for Economic Research, Davis Professor of Economic Organizations and Innovation at Trinity College, and Editor of the Journal of Private Enterprise. He is editor of two books and author of more than 70 journal articles, book
China’s Role in Global Lockdowns: The Smoking Gun
AIER Staff aier.org Founded in 1933, the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) is one of the oldest and most respected nonpartisan economic research and advocacy organizations in the country. With a global reach and influence, AIER is dedicated to developing and promoting the ideas of pure freedom and
The Most Expensive Con the World Has Ever Seen
Macca Are the media in this country utterly stupid or knowingly lying by omission? I believe it is a combination of both. They have given up the right to be called journalists. That title long ago was given to people who were nonpartisan and gave the facts that were available
Coronavirus: Will Immunity Rapidly Fade or Last a Lifetime?
Luke O’Neill Trinity College Dublin Luke O’Neill is an immunologist in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin. His research area is the molecular basis of inflammatory diseases. He has written several popular science books including his most recent ‘Never Mind the B*ll*cks, Here’
Thoughts from a Funeral Director
A BFD reader recently received an email from their child who works in a funeral home in the UK. The email covers a number of things, but below are the most pertinent parts that I think will be of interest. As of now, we are still at the highest level
NZ’s Performance vs the Govt’s Performance
ACT Party If the Valentine’s Day outbreak has done anything positive it is this: The difference between New Zealand’s performance and the Government of New Zealand’s performance has finally been contrasted. There’s a saying in politics that you can’t argue with results. New Zealand has
Ardern an Alarmist and an Apologist
The words alarmist and apologist are becoming more and more applicable to Ardern. An alarmist is a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities. An apologist is one who argues in favour of something unpopular. These two words seem to sum
How Media Distorts Science: COVID on Surfaces
Covid Plan B covidplanb.co.nz Covid hysteria has highlighted the strange human tendency to want to believe the worst. No matter how bad something is, we are fascinated by the possibility it could be even worse. Journalists are subject to the same psychological trait, but are also driven by
A Dangerous Experiment
Information Satire Some time ago I gave a brief account of a scientist friend of mine who had tried some experiments with government ministerial DNA, with the result that he had decided to ditch the stored DNA for the wellbeing of the human race in general, and New Zealanders in
Cat in the Hat
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