If you don’t have a Silver level subscription yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by Lushington Brady that was first published 21 January 2020. Sir Roger Scruton, 1944-2020 If ever I was tempted to
Public health strategy Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Scientist advising Jacinda Ardern warns Kiwis lockdown likely to last longer than 4 weeks TVNZ: Q+A: ‘Anticipate international travel restrictions for quite some time’, Covid-19 modelling expert warns TVNZ: Q+A: Likelihood of lockdown lasting longer than four weeks ‘in our
In A Newspaper, Matthew Hooton informs us that Jacinda will get us through. Chris Trotter gets poetic with his ‘the incredible lightness of being Jacinda’, appearing to have taken leave of his senses. And then Paul Little’s warm and fuzzy ‘I’m glad Jacinda’s got our backs for
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In times of alarm, we seek information. It’s what all sentient beings do, whether human, ape, elephant, or hyena; and we reciprocate, communicating our own knowledge or perception of a situation in return, sometimes adding to the veracity of the information, sometimes detracting from it. Alarm sells; that’s
In light of yet another China virus outbreak, It’s time to ban China. As RealClearScience reports: The Asian Flu in 1956 killed between one and four million people worldwide. SARS in 2002 infected 8,098 and killed 774 in seventeen counties. H7N9 emerged ten years later to strike at
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
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Aunty coronavirusnz.wordpress.com In a recent Stuff article dated March 27th, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is quoted as saying “there were 37 individuals who had now recovered” from the coronavirus. He also noted in the article that the definition of “recovered” was getting over symptoms and
In an episode of The Simpsons, Professor Frink warns that the “Itchy & Scratchy Land” robots will inevitably run amok, but, “According to my calculations, the robots won’t go berserk for at least 24 hours”. Whereupon the robots immediately go beserk. “Oh, I forgot to er, carry the one,
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As recently reported in The BFD, “daigou” (meaning, “buy on behalf of”) has become a massive business for Chinese expats in Australia. In many ways, daigou is a smart bit of entrepreneurship: buying in-demand Australian-made items and mailing it to the folks back home. Unfortunately, there’s a
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
