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Daily News Roundup – 14 September 2020

Daily News Roundup – 14 September 2020

Election Andrea Vance (Stuff): When these are the options, this is why I don’t vote Claire Trevett (Herald): Behind the leaders – the National and Labour campaign players and tricks (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour lines up ducks to win big Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Labour’s policies sink other

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About That Economic Tsunami…

About That Economic Tsunami…

We keep talking about it. COVID is going to create the worst recession in 160 years. Worse than the Great Depression of 1929. Worse than the downturn of the early 1990s. Definitely worse than the 2008 GFC. We are waiting for this economic tsunami to hit us, driving us all

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The Cruel Incompetence of the “Compassionate”

The Cruel Incompetence of the “Compassionate”

As Judith Collins wryly remarked, regarding Jacinda Ardern’s incessant prattling about “kindness”, the more a man tells you he’s honest, the more often you check your pockets. The more a progressive leader boasts that their performance is world-leading, that they are “on the right side of history”, the

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We Lost the Rugby

We Lost the Rugby

It has really surprised me how compliant the New Zealand public has been over COVID. We have had most of our human rights and civil liberties taken away by a benign dictator who has persuaded us all that it is for our own good. Yes, the country is locked off

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A Puzzle Worth Investigating

Using the Delayed-Matching-To-Sample (DMTS) test, animal psychologists have shown that dogs may remember an event for two minutes but a chimpanzee just for 20 seconds, whereas the average media trooper, trained and skilled (I am very sure), exhibits just under half that primate’s recall. This is a puzzle worth

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NZ Businesses Will Not Thrive Until COVID Elimination Policy Ends

NZ Businesses Will Not Thrive Until COVID Elimination Policy Ends

Lizbet Hush Dear NZ Media and Politicians: No matter how much you try to find economists who claim that the COVID elimination strategy is great for the economy, the stories from the ground and reality aren’t reflecting the optimism. Businesses are restructuring and cutting locations, jobs and hours. Some

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Hydroxychloroquine Is Effective & Safe for the Treatment of COVID-19, & May Be Universally Effective When Used Early Before Hospitalization

Hydroxychloroquine Is Effective & Safe for the Treatment of COVID-19, & May Be Universally Effective When Used Early Before Hospitalization

Chadwick C Prodromos Rush University Medical Center | Rush · Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Tobias Rumschlag The Foundation For Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine · Research Doctor of Medicine INTRODUCTION Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has shown efficacy against COVID-19 in some but not all studies. We hypothesized that systematic review would show HCQ to be: effective

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Living With Covid-19

Living With Covid-19

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Election campaigning is now in full swing with new policies being announced daily. Since COVID-19 is such a key concern for voters, we can expect political parties to firm up their positions on how to manage the pandemic over the coming weeks. The range of

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

On the online NZ Herald on the 11 September, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff criticised the intellect of people who he says are not doing enough to protect themselves from COVID-19. The article containing his criticism of the “team of 5 million” included a photo of him incorrectly wearing his cloth

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