One remarkable consequence of the global Chinese Virus pandemic is that even the most ardent globalists are suddenly rediscovering that there are such things as borders – and that they matter. Mexico, which has relentlessly screeched blue murder about Trump’s determination to reinforce the US-Mexico border, suddenly announced that
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com First published 22nd March 2020 The global COVID-19 crisis is deepening. Within 12 weeks of the new coronavirus being detected in workers at a live animal market in China, 100,000 people around the world had caught the disease. Twelve days later that had
George Below are random extracts pulled from two of our two most recent Prime Ministers’ speeches when they were addressing the nation in crisis. The first set of quotes has been taken from Monday’s (23 March 2020) speech by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The second
I’m eternally grateful that at last, we’re heading in the right direction, even though we were again treated to a display of slogans and catchphrases on Monday when the Prime Minister made her announcement. She was still insisting that she said from the start “We must go hard
Public health strategy Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back harsh measures but are extremely worried about virus Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back the Leviathan of the state Michael Baker (The Conversation): ‘Overjoyed’: a leading health expert on New Zealand’s coronavirus shutdown, and the
I applaud the Prime Minister and her government for her actions in recognizing the seriousness of the coronavirus and now moving rapidly to alert level 4 – shutting down the country this Wednesday. Phew, not before time. However, being of the left persuasion she must find it painful to have to
China is mounting an impressive and so far successful propaganda war trying to reset perceptions that they are to blame for the global COVID-19 pandemic. They are, of course, being assisted by global media who, despite months of calling the virus variations of the Chinese virus, are now lambasting
It’s practically a re-run of HBO’s hit drama of last year, Chernobyl: an authoritarian regime magnifies what might have been a mere disaster into a potentially globe-threatening catastrophe, due to its obsessive secrecy and culture of cover-up, lies and blame-shifting. The only big difference
Robyn J. Whitaker University of Divinity Plagues of global proportions might seem biblical, but coronavirus is creating new challenges for faith leaders. Last week in Australia, many churches, mosques and synagogues decided proactively to cancel their normal worship services. These were not easy decisions for groups for whom being a
Essential businesses that can stay open are: Accommodation: • Any entity that provides accommodation services for essential workers, isolation/quarantine, and emergency housing Border: • Customs New Zealand, Immigration New Zealand and the Ministry for Primary Industries Building and construction: • Any entity involved in building and construction related to essential services and
New Zealand is now at Level 3 to stop and eradicate COVID-19. Full detail of what Alert Level 3 entails can be found at the Government’s COVID19.govt.nz website. PM and Finance Minister Update * Confirmed 12 had now fully recovered, and this number was likely to increase.
Breaking news! A cure for COVID-19. 100% success rate! True or False? Disclaimer: My medical expertise is limited to applying a plaster with the sticky side down. The old reliable Malaria drug chloroquine, the newer version hydroxychloroquine has shown really good, three studies, one in Australia, one in China
Sanjaya Senanayake Australian National University You’re probably inundated with news and messages about coronavirus at the moment. But how do you know if you’re consuming evidence-based information or just speculation and myth? There’s still a lot we don’t know but here’s what the evidence
Information Satire Through millennia of pestilence, war, persecution, and the worst possible disasters and suffering imaginable, the church militant stood like a rock in the social landscape: essential and open, conducting the weekly public worship of God. All that did not prepare us for the greatest disaster that ever befell
The PM’s address about the four-stage alert levels for Covid-19 was intended to reassure the nation, but instead of averting panic, her disappointing lack of leadership fuelled it. Ardern was criticised for not closing airports earlier and for allowing cruise ships, (breeding grounds for the virus), to
