Is it any wonder that conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and its possible vaccine are spreading faster than new infections in downtown New York? Or that fed-up Melbournians are treating restrictions with contempt? Good governance requires the consent of the governed – and that consent must be informed. When governments lie and
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“Never start an enquiry unless you know what its findings will be”, Yes, Minister’s Sir Humphrey Appleby advised. There are as-yet-undiscovered tribes living in the remotest valleys of the Amazon who know what the findings of the WHO’s investigation into the origins of and response to the Wuhan
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We closed the borders in March. We have all but eliminated the virus. We now control everyone at the border, putting them into forced isolation and subjecting them to testing before they are freed. We express disdain at those who deliberately break out of quarantine, calling them selfish as they
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Newshub reports on the latest covid escapee. A third person has escaped managed isolation. The man in his 50s escaped from the Distinction Hotel in Hamilton on Thursday. Shock, horror /sarc. On Friday afternoon Minister of Health Chris Hipkins confirmed the man climbed down a fire escape and cut through
The world is afraid, very afraid of COVID-19. People cautiously remain in situ and wait. COVID-19 has resulted, however, in some people deciding to leave where they are living in the world in order to be homeland bound. New Zealand New Zealanders are returning to New Zealand. They want to
Can someone recommend somewhere that would be suitable for this Government to collectively self isolate? A place far enough away where they could reflect on the stupidity of their current COVID carry on. Is there any suitable accommodation on the Auckland Islands? Perhaps not such a good idea as the
Nathan Smith Chief Editor nzinitiative.org.nz I don’t know why people are getting so worked up about private details being leaked to MPs. If the COVID-19 crisis taught us anything, it’s that privacy has no place in the “new normal.” The mantra of the internet is that
