Some people seem to think it’s all going to be OK out there if we sit tight for another couple of weeks. They think that everything is going to suddenly be just fine. We will have ridden out the storm and before we know it, we’ll be back
That was one of the more extraordinary interviews we have done here at UnHerd. Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiologists, advisor to the Swedish Government (he hired Anders Tegnell who is currently directing Swedish strategy), the first Chief Scientist of the European Centre for Disease
In a move that’s guaranteed to once again send Twitter’s tiny leftist echo chamber (80% of Twitter users are affluent millennials) into a shrieking meltdown, and his own supporters’ cheering, US President Donald Trump has announced a temporary suspension of all immigration into the United States. Thanks to
**This is the last Community Noticeboard that we will post as it has not been used as first envisaged. This post is a place to: 1. Notify others of COVID-19 related news in their areas 2. Arrange for help for those unable to go out to get food or
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
The wage subsidy offered to businesses to keep employees is being used by all sorts of businesses in essential industries. As we saw with New World public pressure makes them withdraw claims or pay them back. At a time when every business owner who is not in an essential industry
With Monday’s announcement on moving to level three next Tuesday the adding of an extra week to level four shows complete ignorance of how business operates, the overheads involved, staff costs, compliance costs and the slim margins they operate on. As Bob Jones has pointed out in his last
Dave Pellowe davepellowe.com In 2001 Professor Neil Ferguson, professor of mathematical biology and director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London, predicted up to 150,000 could die in the U.K. alone from mad cow disease. Panicked politicians and ballistic bureaucrats ordered
George If ever a person has had her shortcomings superseded by major events, it is our PM. The performance of her government over the last two and a half years has been appalling with her leadership being exposed as weak and ineffective. But amazingly this same person when confronted with
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Below is a TV commercial designed to promote the New Zealand Police as a force for good that is protecting the public by ‘shooting-down’ the COVID-19 virus. The advertisement shows a scene based on the spaghetti western ‘The Good, The Bad and the Ugly’
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
In her 4pm statement to the nation on Wednesday the Prime Minister (our single source of truth) said this: Our testing has scaled up and we have now tested over 85,000 New Zealanders, one of the highest testing rates per capita in the world. Where are we on the
Ian Harrison Principal Tailrisk economics Factual Statements Note these are not necessarily taken verbatim from the Prime Minister’s speech, but capture the substance of what was said. Transmission rate New Zealand’s current transmission is 0.48 compared to the world rate of 2.5. Assessment: False An assessment
Today (Tuesday 21 April) we have 5 new cases of COVID-19. We have a total of 13 deaths, all older people with underlying health conditions. This is sad for their families, but in world terms, our numbers are very low. Whether we were never going to be badly affected,
ACT Party “Ministers’ appearances at the Epidemic Response Committee yesterday morning made clear that the Government hasn’t done any robust analysis of the number of business failures that will result from an extra week in lockdown”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Business owners are telling us that they can
