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
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
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[Editors Note: This is an English translation of the original letter so some of the phrases are not quite right] The “science” of the Pandemic During this pandemic, the term “science” has been used “ad nauseam”, that is, has been repeated to exhaustion: “Science, science, science”, “I’m pro-science”
The once-esteemed Lancet has long taken a leftward-bent trajectory and that’s why, call me cynical if you like, before reading any editorial content published by the outfit I recommend a grain of salt at the ready. In the course of the last week-and-a-bit, that
Monday’s protest marches run by rent a mob have achieved nothing other than to make the Prime Minister look like a complete fool. The first politician to point this out was none other than David Seymour, this country’s number one Opposition MP. He correctly pointed out that the
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Parris Goebel culturally appropriated another country and people’s cause yesterday and in doing so gave the big middle finger to Jacinda Ardern and her “team of 5 Million.” How yesterday’s protest was handled revealed how real the threat against New Zealand lives from COVID-19 really is. The
Doug Firby troymedia.com Veteran political commentator Doug Firby is president of Troy Media Digital Solutions and publisher of Troy Media. Sometimes they’re right if you think about something like pooling our tax dollars to build roads we can all use or building a health-care system accessible to
David Theobald Four weeks more. Four weeks? Surely now the government has moved from parallel universe territory into extracting the Michael. Four weeks – why not four months, four years or forever? If they are to dispel any suspicions (convictions) that the stage-managing of the country is based on politics
Busted! The evidence is in and it shows beyond a doubt lockdowns don’t work. The government has wrecked our economy for nothing. Let’s start with New York. Information Note: All graphs were sourced from a Google search for COVID cases in each city or country. The above chart
Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz Cabinet is set to look at whether New Zealand should move to level 1 on June 22, but pressure is mounting to move earlier, with Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters saying it should have already happened. Dr Simon Thornley, senior lecturer of public health at
