Simon Thornley Gerhard Sundborn Ananish Chaudhuri Michael Jackson covidplanb.co.nz It is clear now that estimates of death from the COVID-19 pandemic were exceeded by factors of hundreds, if not thousands. This sparked public and political panic and led to our government enacting one of the most stringent lockdowns
NZ’s coronavirus response, public health strategy, Level 1 decision Derek Cheng (Herald): Big Read: Ashley Bloomfield and Health Ministry’s different views on elimination Peter Dunne: Public compliance and acquiescence during lockdown unlikely to be repeated even if future circumstances warrant it Collette Devlin (Stuff): Dr Ashley Bloomfield says
Prof Worzel What do we think of the parent who through ignorance or neglect harms their child or children? What historically has been the fate of leaders and their countries who have taken bad advice? In what regard do we hold those who believe a convenient lie and in so
Bernie McIntyre On 28 March 2020 we heard that there was going to be a Ngati Manu burial at Karetu, Te Tai Tokerau, at 11am Sunday 29 March. I’m a New Zealander and also Ngati Manu. I and many others disagreed with the gathering as it was NOT an
Police Cat MacLennan (Democracy Project): Aotearoa is no place for armed police Jean Balchin (ODT): NZ police should not have guns Glen McConnell (Stuff): In these times of turmoil, what can we do? Amelia Wade (Herald): Police Minister: ‘There is no place for racism in the New Zealand Police’ RNZ:
The party line from Beijing and their lapdogs in the WHO and the legacy media is that anyone who even suggests that the Wuhan pandemic may have originated in a Chinese lab is a demented conspiracy theorist. But just because it’s a conspiracy theory doesn’t mean it’s
Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com What about a vaccine? For those pinning their hopes on a vaccine there is some bad news. Firstly, a vaccine is not likely to be ready until mid-2021 at the earliest and New Zealand has chewed through over $10.9 billion dollars in 10 weeks.
Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com Future 2: New Zealand eliminates COVID-19 and becomes a South Pacific Prison for its Citizens If we somewhat heroically assume that New Zealand does somehow eradicate COVID-19 then what? Returning to the house burning metaphor, having burned down our own house to treat bed bugs
Newstalk ZB Transcript from Tuesday 2 June. Mike: So, what happened to the rules aye? Protesters all over the grounds of parliament, well in excess of 100 and not a sign of any social distancing, even the deputy prime minister this morning asking questions. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is
Mixed messages over social distancing Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): George Floyd protest crowds show Beehive’s lost control on gathering Audrey Young and Claire Trevett (Herald): National leader Todd Muller says confusion reigns in Govt over alert-level 1 Natalia Sutherland (1News): Black Lives Matter protestors don’t need to quarantine
Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com After ten days of no new COVID-19 cases many New Zealanders are likely to be feeling a mixture of relief and complacency. The country dodged a bullet – now there is just the journey back to normality. However for those prepared to look honestly at the
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