For months, I’ve been writing that lockdowns are a useless and destructive response to the Wuhan pandemic. At first, it was only a few contrarian scientists and academics who dared point out what the data were unequivocally showing: lockdowns do not work and cause more harm than they prevent.
Press Release: Plan B New Zealand experts and officials are betting the nation’s health and wealth on the slim chance of eliminating a virus and getting a vaccine before the natural end to the pandemic. The Covid Plan B group says today’s announcement that the Government is putting
Press Release: Plan B The extension of Auckland’s lockdown shows the cost of the Government’s continued pursuit of the elimination of COVID-19 and intention to wait for a vaccine. The Covid Plan B group says New Zealand is now one of the few countries pursuing elimination and
Brenton Tarrant sentenced to life without parole Tim Brown (RNZ): Terrorist sentenced to life in jail without parole Kurt Bayer and Anna Leask (Herald): Brenton Tarrant will never be released from jail Newshub: Terrorist Brenton Tarrant to spend the rest of his life in prison, without possibility of parole Thomas
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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
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
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
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 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
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
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
