Science in the Age of COVID-19
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When Do We Get America Back?
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Two Elections
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com New Zealand and America have elections scheduled for November. Both countries are dealing with a covid crisis, in America’s case for a number of reasons, of far greater dimension than ours. But compare the media coverage. In America it’s almost totally about the
Post-COVID Travel to NZ High on the List for Indians & Filipinos
Eleanor Wenman asiamediacentre.org.nz How are people feeling about travel in a post-COVID world? A new report examines travel confidence, a changing travel industry, and top destinations for more than 10,000 people surveyed across 17 countries. It will come as no surprise that globally, people’s confidence to
Porous Border & Tracing Issues Key to Source of Cluster Says Advisor to WHO
Judith Collins in her recent opinion piece on Stuff on her proposed border agency, “Tough Times calls for Tough measures” humorously said maybe the government thinks the origin of the coronavirus disease was caused by an “immaculate infection“. The witty phrase was invented (I understand) by list MP, Nicola Willis
Daily News Roundup – 27 August 2020
Election, voting age Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Public still backing Government and Jacinda Ardern despite second outbreak, new poll shows Liu Chen (RNZ): Poll shows large majority of Chinese New Zealanders still favour National over Labour Claire Trevett (Herald): Judith Collins, Jacinda Ardern and the virus blame game
The Science Says: Public Health Officials Were Wrong. Again.
The Wuhan pandemic has unleashed the inner totalitarians of the West, from the neighbourhood curtain-twitchers ringing government snitch-lines to state and city leaders drunk with their sudden, absolute power. But the worst tinpot-dictators are proving to be the “public health experts”. The Wuhan pandemic has given these wannabe dictators powers
In the Midst of Crisis, Australians Turn to the Rock of Faith
Christopher Hitchens may have been an unrepentant atheist even when he found himself in a foxhole, but for most people times of fear and stress awaken a heightened sense of God. The Wuhan pandemic is no different. When they find themselves in times of trouble, many people are turning to
Multiple Arrests for Fake News
Information Satire Earlier today the police moved quickly to arrest large numbers of experts, editors, reporters and academics – all accused of the most unprincipled dissemination of fake news in the history of Aotearoa. Examples of the fake news headlines. Image credit HangonaMin. The BFD A spokesperson for the justice department
Transcript: Jacinda Ardern on Mike Hosking’s Show
Jacinda Ardern experienced considerable push back from Mike Hosking on his morning show yesterday. What is abundantly clear, is that she has no idea what her ministers are up to, especially in regard to the Tauranga situation. Further to that, she really doesn’t like to get surprised with non-scripted
Daily News Roundup – 26 August 2020
Economic response to Covid Kate MacNamara (Herald): Government mulls use of $400m fund to buy stakes in firms hurt by Covid 19 (paywalled) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): Companies refusing to apply for Government sick leave subsidy to cover workers David Fisher Herald): The Road Ahead: The missing piece in our Covid-19
The Clown Show at the Border Continues
You have got to be joking? This is totally contrary to what the government has been telling us. On 23 June 2020 the Prime Minister answered a question from Todd Muller about this: 1. TODD MULLER (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement,
Faces of the Day
Some of the points made in the video are: 1. The government should have extended the wage subsidy for the four extra days that the restrictions will be ongoing. 2. National’s health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti has written – for the second time – to the health committee chair asking for
State Premiers Love the Taste of Mutton
I’ve never been a fan of Bronwyn Bishop, not least for her blatant trougherism when she was caught using a government-funded helicopter to go from Melbourne to Geelong for a party beano. That said, though, even people we ordinarily despise can be right sometimes. And when Bishop says that