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Public Health Erred on the Side of Catastrophe

Public Health Erred on the Side of Catastrophe

Brian McGlinchey brownstone.org Brian McGlinchey is a journalist whose work has been quoted, cited or consulted by The New York Times, AP, Washington Post, NBC News, Times of London and others. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, proponents of lockdowns, shelter-in-place orders, mask mandates and other coercive government interventions have characterized

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The Vaccine Is a Lemon

Anonymous Free NZ Contributor freenz.substack.com Warning Long read. 2949 words. Become a nurse they said. It would be fun they said. You’ll find satisfaction, purpose and you will make a difference in people’s lives. For eleven years, nursing delivered upon these promises. I loved every part

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If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It

If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It

Ain’t coincidence wonderful! There I was on the morning of Monday 21 February, planning to devote last week’s column to questioning the wisdom of the government’s plans to up-end our current health system by introducing a separate veto-bearing Maori Health Authority. By the end of the day

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How My Life Got Flipped Upside Down

Anonymous Free NZ Contributor freenz.substack.com To quote the Fresh Prince, “Now this is a story all about how My life got flipped - turned upside down...” I’ve always considered myself a good person. I’ve done unto others etc. A few mistakes and misdemeanours along the way

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop said Dr Bloomfield and the ministry had misled the public, and it was not the first time. […] “This is not a one-off occurence, this has happened before and most recently as three or four weeks ago in relation to the dodgy graph that

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NZ’s Pandemic Response Still Faces Major Challenges

Michael Baker Amanda Kvalsvig Nick Wilson University of Otago Matire Harwood University of Auckland Two years ago today, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. Few of us could have imagined the huge impact this pandemic would still be having two years later. As New

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The Glorious Flop of New Zealand Virus Control

The Glorious Flop of New Zealand Virus Control

Ian Miller brownstone.org Ian Miller is the author of “Unmasked: The Global Failure of COVID Mask Mandates.” His work has been featured on national television broadcasts, national and international news publications and referenced in multiple best selling books covering the pandemic. He writes a Substack newsletter, also titled “Unmasked.

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An Easy Way Out for Embattled Ardern

An Easy Way Out for Embattled Ardern

After the High Court handed the regime their collective arses regarding mandates for Police and the Armed Forces it should have been a wake-up call for them to stop illegally breaking the Bill of Rights Act. I hazard a guess that many business owners who put in place their own

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DIY Abortion Perfect for Abusers

righttolife.org.uk The Government is under increasing pressure to end the provision of ‘DIY’ home abortions as a medical doctor and research associate at the University of Oxford has described them as “every bit as horrifying” as warned. COVID-19 emergency measures are set to end in England this week

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What Do These Wars Have in Common?

What Do These Wars Have in Common?

What do the Wars on Drugs, Climate Change, and Covid all have in common? Answer: they can all be expressed as follows: We must do X in order to prevent Y where Y is a threat of biblical proportions and X is taking extreme action to prevent the threat, most

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Why Isn’t the Govt Telling Us How to Help Ourselves?

Brighid In October 1915 the NZ Parliament passed the Discharged Soldier Settlement Act which gave returned servicemen the opportunity to own some land and apply for cheap finance so they could develop it into productive farms. The government emphasised that success in the Soldier-Settlement scheme would ultimately depend on the

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What’s the Fuss? Roll On, Omicron.

What’s the Fuss? Roll On, Omicron.

Three Drams Full Sunday 20 February. A 7.45am phone call from my Castle Street student daughter. Whispery voice: “Mum, my tonsils are up, I’ve hardly slept.” Ah. “Good morning,” I say, “you probably have Omicron.” “Yes, Mum, I know,” she hisses, “but I don’t want my flatmates

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I Will Not Force a Medical Treatment on Anyone

I Will Not Force a Medical Treatment on Anyone

Laura Van Luven brownstone.org Laura Van Luven is a Registered Nurse living in the Twin Cities, MN. She has also practiced nursing in East Africa and Pittsburgh, PA. She and her husband spend most of their energy trying to give their 4 young children as normal a childhood as

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Texas Will Treat Trans Treatment for Minors as ‘Child Abuse’

Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Texas could prosecute parents who allow their children to change their gender as child abusers, says its governor, Greg Abbott. In a letter sent this week to the Department of Family and Protective Services,

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