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COVID-19
It’s an Internet Graph, it Must be True
The Financial Times has a bunch of COVID-19 graphs in an article. Here is one. Note the blue, ‘Washington state’, now recording 50 daily deaths. What does the Washington state government site say? Well, that is curious. Washington state has never had a daily death count above 20. Is
No Lockdown in Sweden
Jeff Jacoby PA Pundits – International Jeff Jacoby is a columnist for The Boston Globe Did Sweden blunder? Or did everyone else? In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world’s governments have gone to unheard-of lengths to keep people apart and try to slow the spread
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
COVID-19 Update: 10 April 2020
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
COVID Comic Relief
Even as we are being locked down and impoverished by the response to the Chinese virus pandemic, it’s possible – and even important – that we find something in all the craziness to have a laugh at. Every joke is a tiny revolution, after all. The BFD’s daily Laughter is
A Visit from the Kindness and Wellbeing Police
Information Satire Your intrepid eyewitness was relaxing at home the other night, with Mrs Eyewitness and the Eyewitness offspring, when there was a thunderous knock on the door, reminiscent of an earthquake and tornado making a simultaneous combined assault. Upon opening the door somewhat cautiously, I was confronted by two
Oh, Don’t the Socialists Just Love It!
While I’m not one to suggest that our Prime Minister leans a little bit towards the authoritarian/socialist side of things, here are a few of the changes that we’ve experienced- with scarcely a criticism – over the last two weeks: * Government has decided which of our businesses are
A February Quarantine Was Not Logistically Impossible
George The excuse offered by the PM for not quarantining overseas arrivals right from the start was based on the belief that it was logistically impossible. It is reported that the number of average visitors arriving during March is roughly 12,000 per day. In addition, there are about 10,
The Real Threat from COVID-19 Is the Government’s Response.
Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com More and more evidence is emerging that the Coronavirus is far less dangerous than previously feared and the real threat is the hysterical (over) reaction of the world’s political elite to the virus itself. The list of medical professionals and researchers questioning the official
What We Can Learn from the ‘Other’ China
Taiwan has had a challenging history. Having been colonised by the Dutch and Spanish the island nation, located 81 miles off the coast of China, was ruled by the Chinese Fujian province under the Qing dynasty until sovereignty was ceded to Japan in 1895. Following the end of World War
Massive Quarantine Operation Could Have Avoided Extreme Lockdown
The government’s tone-deafness to total border quarantine until yesterday will contribute massively to the approaching economic devastation. Jacinda has managed the public relations side of the crisis magnificently. However, as Sean Plunket also said yesterday on his Working Group, Dr Ashley Bloomfield and other officials made the key
The BFD Faces of the Day *UPDATED
**UPDATE: A google search reveals that this poster may be a prank originating from this Twitter account Is it just me or does this COVID-19 poster remind you just a bit too much of early Soviet propaganda posters, the stylised figures, the pose, the upward angled light beams…it’