Health
COVID-19 Could Nudge Minds and Societies Towards Authoritarianism
Leor Zmigrod University of Cambridge Leor Zmigrod’s research aims to combine experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to study the psychological processes that underlie ideology adherence and group identity formation. It is a little-known fact that humans have not one but two immune systems. The first, the biophysical immune system
Why It’s Time to Treat Medicinal Cannabis as an Alternative Therapy, Not a Pharmaceutical
Marta Rychert Chris Wilkins Vinuli Withanarachchie Massey University Dr Marta Rychert is a Senior Researcher at Massey University with expertise in drug policy, health law and public health. Associate Professor Chris Wilkins is the leader of the drug research team at SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, and has
Are You Ready for Tomorrow?
Chris Hipkins If you haven’t yet made plans for Super Saturday, there’s still time to get involved (even if you’ve had your two shots!) and help New Zealand get vaccinated. If you missed the news, tomorrow’s Super Saturday event is taking place right around the country
ICUs with Large Maori Populations Already at Maximum Capacity, What Happens When COVID Hits?
Intensive care unit occupancy rates in district health board areas with large Maori populations were at capacity even before Covid and the current Delta outbreak, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. This is yet more evidence of very slim ICU margins that we have at the moment and
Hammer Goes Looking for ‘Racist’ Nails
To a hammer, everything is a nail. To a gimlet-eyed “anti-racist”, everything is “racist”. The racism-obsessive, as Theodore Dalrymple has written, “looks at the world through race-tinted spectacles, interprets every event or social phenomenon as a manifestation of racism either implicit or explicit, and in general has the soul of
Prime Minister, Why Are Midwives to Be Trained to Kill?
Ken Orr Spokesperson Right to Life righttolife.org.nz Right to Life defends the duty of midwives to be the protector of the lives of unborn children and their mothers. For thousands of years civilisation has upheld the duty of midwives to be the guardian of the womb and the
Vaccine Mandates Twist COVID-19 Saga
covidplanb.co.nz The most recent twist in the covid-19 saga is forcing hard-working New Zealanders to believe in the story of the ‘deadly virus’ and ‘saviour’ vaccine. This will inevitably mean many will now be forced to choose between their jobs and their sense of autonomy over their own
Government Talking Drivel on Saliva
David Seymour ACT Leader The Ministry of Health couldn’t order a pizza, let alone contract saliva testing, as new revelations surface that it is still trying to work out if its contracted saliva tests are reliable. It’s time for the Government to finally get real, put the Ministry
Treatment for Gender Dysphoria ‘Polarised’, ‘Mixed Evidence’ – College of Psychiatrists
Family First The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) have released a position statement on gender dysphoria, and in it they explicitly acknowledge that “there are polarised views and mixed evidence regarding treatment options for people presenting with gender identity concerns, especially children and young people.” The
Another Fad or a Gender Virus?
In recent months, and within a relatively small circle of family, friends and acquaintances, I’ve heard of a range of identity issues gradually or even suddenly arising among a few quite disparate teenage girls. There seem to be some common denominators with these kids, in that they are all
Over 50 Million People Suffered from Major Depressive Disorders in 2020 Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, New Global Study Estimates
rt.com The coronavirus pandemic added to the burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in over 200 countries last year, a new study shows, saying the impact of Covid-19 has increased the number of depressed people by nearly a third. While “mental disorders were leading causes of the global health-related
Long-Term Benefit Dependency Is Growing
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Face of the Day
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins denounced anti-vax GPs, but said it was up to the Medical Council to deal with them. Medical Council chairperson Doctor Curtis Walker told Morning Report on Friday […] The council had “zero tolerance for anti-vaccination messages”, he said. It’s all in the language, isn’t