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COVID-19
A Weapon of Mass Uncertainty
Press Release: ACT Party D-Day The Government will tell us on 20 April whether the Level 4 lockdown continues past 22 April. It needs to give clear guidance on what a Level 3 world looks like because business cannot prepare with two days’ notice. But there is another problem.
The Quiet Earth
I was fortunate to have done most of my globe trotting when I was young. A few trips to Europe, mostly by train in my teens and early twenties, followed by a couple of years living in Hong Kong gave me plenty of opportunity for travel, and by the time
Epidemic Response Committee | NZ Parliament – 14 April 2020
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
Remember When They Told Us That Talk of a Lockdown Was Fake News?
For the nostalgia buffs. Do you remember when the lefty-press (almost all of them) said talk of a lockdown was fake news, totalitarian, and all that? Do you remember when they said it would cause massive social alarm and induce panic? Do you remember when Ms Ardern, the single
A Triumvirate of Meagre Credentials
The Coronavirus has put the spotlight on three people in high places who are not up to carrying out the tasks their positions demand. Two are attached to political institutions and one is a Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has a goal of also being a member of one of
Daily News Roundup – 14 April 2020
Government, parliament Andrea Vance (Stuff): How Jacinda Ardern is using soft propaganda to beat Covid-19 Graeme Edgeler (Democracy Project): On being sure of your legal footing Sam Hurley (Herald): Law Society calls for greater Govt clarity on curbs to our freedoms and commerce (paywalled) Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding
What Do the COVID-19 Numbers Really Say?
At the beginning of March, our government would have been very wise to take serious steps in sealing our border. They did not do so despite the recently repeated slogans from our “slogan princess” Jacinda Ardern about going in early and hard, and the result is an economy in tatters,
The BFD Face of the Day
Revealed: Hero NHS nurses Luis from Portugal and Jenny from Invercargill who Boris Johnson said ‘stood by my ICU bedside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way’ In the footage the Prime Minister paid tribute to the NHS, saying it saved his life He thanked the ‘utterly
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News from the Front
Coughvid app detects COVID-19 from coughing sounds The app, cleverly named Coughvid, is a simple web app that can run on any web browser on any device that has a mic. The idea is really simple. You cough at it (in a safe way) and an AI will determine
We Don’t Know Enough About COVID-19
We will eventually beat COVID-19 using a vaccine and/or better health management and treatment, but until then we are reliant on information gleaned from data to control the spread and the severity of the disease. Unfortunately, the data collated to date is prompting more questions instead of answering
The BFD Community Noticeboard
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 medicine 3. Ask for help If you are needing help the Friends in need group may be able to
Where Is All the Kindness I Hear so Much About?
Greg We are continually and somewhat pathetically being told ad nauseam to “be kind”. Tell that to my Malaysian partner “the dragon”, Jenny, pastry chef at a top Auckland restaurant. She has been a New Zealand citizen since 2003 but somehow, according to the tangata whenua, the situation we are
Never Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Crisis
Winston Churchill once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” It’s amazing how few people question authority during a crisis, and how easily and quickly a crisis can be used for other purposes by ethically flexible governments. Ours is no exception. People really started getting scared when