Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz The Government and its health advisers are taking an increasingly hardline against coronavirus, stating that it will be eliminated from our shores. It certainly is desirable, but is it realistic? New Zealand is one of the only countries in the world to attempt this. Almost
Dr Muriel Newman wrote an excellent article which was published on The BFD on Friday. The content contained in the article should send a chill up the spine of every person in New Zealand who believes in freedom, democracy and the rule of law. Currently, all three are being eroded
We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with those that
According to the Slang Dictionary an 18-wheeler is a colloquial name for a semitrailer truck with 18 total wheels, and by extension, any large truck. It is an American term as here in New Zealand our High Productivity trucks (the ones with the yellow ‘H’) typically have nine axles and
When Great Britain emerged blinking from the rubble of the Second World War it was a nation hugely in debt and on the brink of a silent social revolution. The country’s war debt to the United States was in the order of $3.7 billion, and despite Harold Macmillan’
Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz The government is now urging children to go back to school, but many parents are reticent, fearing that their child will be exposed to the virus. Let’s take a look at we have learned about children’s risk of exposure to COVID-19 at school?
…at table tennis, squash and chess. Context, as the above illustrates, is everything. Isolate facts (or words) and they can suffer distorted interpretations to fit an agenda. This is a banal observation to most thinking adults. Unfortunately, non-thinking adulthood appears to be in the ascendant at present. Two examples, one
Peter Drew Dear Jacinda, I write this letter as a patriotic Kiwi with the best intentions for my country and for the future health and welfare of my fellow Kiwis. You have a very difficult job at this moment in time. There can be no doubt about that. There is
I have been saying for a few weeks now that I think there is no need for the continuation of this lockdown, or indeed even a lockdown on a lower rung. So let’s look at just what these levels are, or at least what they currently are, as I
Many of you will have heard how the government is considering giving every adult $1500 and every child $500 to stimulate the economy. This is a bold proposal. For a start, it is likely to cost somewhere between $12 billion and $15 billion, so it is not an insignificant sum.
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Lab creates 3-D printed nasal swabs during emergency shortage The University of South Florida (USF) Health, Formlabs, a leading 3-D printing company, and Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider, have announced they have successfully produced and tested a 3-D printed nasal swab to address emergency shortages that hospitals
The bovver boys at Trades Hall might represent less than one in five Australian workers, but they sure know how to keep themselves in the headlines. Whether it’s the CFMEU’s John Setka going the biffo with his missus or former Labor leader Bill Shorten selling out low-paid cleaners
Back in January, I covered a ZeroHedge article that claimed COVID-19 came from a Chinese government lab. Since then we’ve had media mostly claim it’s all a baseless conspiracy theory. But now none other than the Trump-hatin’ WaPo has taken up the mantle. Two years before the novel
Socialists may be celebrating the economic havoc caused by the Chinese virus, but if anything, it’s highlighting the failures of socialism and the robustness of capitalism. In the first place, this pandemic is entirely the work of a repressive communist regime (I apologise for the tautology). The economic devastation
