One of the most damning indictments of the tobacco industry is that it for a long time it knew how harmful its products were – and lied about it. Which makes Facebook the New Big Tobacco. Because internal documents show that Facebook is well aware of how toxic its Instagram platform
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz The long short sharp lockdown in Level 4 First I want to thank everyone in Auckland who is coping with another week in lockdown. Auckland is doing the hard yards to keep everyone else in New Zealand COVID-19 Delta free. This week we
Graham J Noble libertynation.com Chief Political Correspondent & Satirist at LibertyNation.com. Raised and inspired by his father, a World War II veteran, Graham learned early in life how to laugh and be a gentleman. After attending college, he decided to join the British Army, where he served for
Contrary to the smug media narrative, the main drag on uptake of Covid vaccines are not “anti-vaxxers”, but the “vaccine hesitant”. People who are entirely comfortable with existing, proven vaccines, from polio to tetanus to the annual flu vax, but concerned about the rush to market and novel mechanism of
David Seymour ACT Leader New Zealanders deserve to have clarity on what the vaccination target is and when we can get back to living our lives. When Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the target should be 90 per cent, he directly contradicted the COVID-19 Minister and the Prime Minister,
University of Auckland The study, published in the international Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, shows that attempted suicides in NZ children aged 10-14 years increased from a baseline of 40 per month to a peak of 90 per month following the lockdowns in 2020. Lead researchers Dr Gerhard Sundborn
Last year Jacinda Ardern promised the vaccine was our solution to the war on Covid-19, opening borders and ending lockdowns. Now that just about every other country is ahead of us in vaccine rollout, we can catch a glimpse of our future. Ardern et al gave us their “A Game”
It is hard to believe that, five months after Delta hit New Zealand arrived and after five weeks of lockdown, that the visitor policies of Auckland’s three district health boards are yet to be figured out, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “This is another example of
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covidplanb.co.nz Many areas of the world are now in a race to achieve high coverage of covid-19 vaccination. Some commentators in New Zealand are now criticising the government for not rolling out fast enough. Given the high efficacy of many vaccines, this seems like a sensible strategy, but
Chris Sweeney rt.com Chris Sweeney is an author and columnist who has written for newspapers such as The Times, Daily Express, The Sun and Daily Record, along with several international-selling magazines. Brian Tingley is taking on the state of Washington for the right to continue counselling young people concerned
COCAAR Doug Graham About COCAAR COCAAR has been created to: * advocate and achieve REAL change to all the legislation and the rules that govern the Family Court process in New Zealand; * to provide support and assistance to those who need to use the Family Justice process; * advocate for the rights
**Bold italics are my commentary on the transcript. Heather: Covid-19 expert Dr Siouxsie Wiles has been labelled a hypocrite for going to the beach with a friend, without masks on, during Level Four lockdown. A video is doing the rounds on the internet showing Dr Siouxsie and her friend sitting
