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Lockdown’s Toll on New Zealanders

Logan Hagoort Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church Editor of Founded in Grace Information Op-ed I am a pastor of a Presbyterian church in South Auckland, and I love my people more than I could express. In the last month or two, I have heard from a man who is struggling

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Ministry’s Block on Maori Health Info an Embarrassment

Ministry’s Block on Maori Health Info an Embarrassment

The Ministry of Health’s decision to go to court rather than handing over patient data to Maori health providers to help them lift Covid vaccination rates among Maori is an embarrassment, says National’s Whanau Ora spokesperson Harete Hipango. I support Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency’s chief executive John

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Banning Doctors from Scientific Dissent

Banning Doctors from Scientific Dissent

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Under-prepared ICU Beds at 120 per Cent Capacity Day of Lockdown

Under-prepared ICU Beds at 120 per Cent Capacity Day of Lockdown

Andrew Little did not add one single resourced ICU bed to Auckland’s three district health boards in the almost 18 months since the end of the first Covid lockdown last year, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. Ministerial answers show Auckland ICU, the biggest in the country,

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Did Trump Push Too Fast on Vaccines?

Did Trump Push Too Fast on Vaccines?

Forget all the scare-stories and outright beat-ups about the Covid vaccines. Cherry-picking relatively rare instances of people who get seriously ill or die some time after taking the vaccine is just the mirror-image of “died with Covid”. We know Covid deaths have been grossly exaggerated by simply counting anyone who

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Just Do What Needs to Be Done, Prime Minister

Just Do What Needs to Be Done, Prime Minister

The National Party is on board to take part in the Super Saturday vaccination drive on October 16th, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. In our own Covid-19 plan ‘Opening Up’ we outline the importance of pulling out all the stops to get as many Kiwis vaccinated as possible

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Israelis Do Not Want to Be Lab Rats for the World

Israelis Do Not Want to Be Lab Rats for the World

Eliora A third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is now required in Israel. They have discovered that those over 60 who were vaccinated more than 5 months ago are statistically much more likely to catch Covid -19 than those who received their vaccine recently. David O’Conner, Professor

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Mask Mandate Is a Barrier to Vaccination

Mask Mandate Is a Barrier to Vaccination

Penn Hackett If you want to get vaccinated you must wear a mask in the vaccination centre. If you cannot wear a mask how do you get vaccinated? The mask mandate has had a big impact on my life. As a small business owner, I have advised my clients I

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The Case for the Defence, M’Lud

The Case for the Defence, M’Lud

I haven’t had The Vax. Not even the first one. Sorry. There, I’ve said it. And of course, I am hiding behind a nom de plume so my employers, clients, suppliers, ISP, bankers, friends and relatives don’t drag me out onto the street and kick me to

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I’m a Pediatric Brain Surgeon and I’m Concerned about the Impact of Delayed Diagnoses on My Patients Due to COVID-19

Sheila Singh McMaster University Sheila Singh is a Professor of Surgery, Neurosurgeon, Scientist, and Director of Cancer Research Centre, McMaster University The incidence of brain cancer in children in Canada is three in 100,000. Brain cancers are treatable when they are localized but prognosis worsens and they become less

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Apply the Rules Equally or Not at All

Apply the Rules Equally or Not at All

Conserve NZ It seems that many people want to hold faith leaders Brian Tamaki and Peter Mortlock accountable for backing protests that they consider to be potential “super spreaders” of Covid-19. So if people see this as a justifiable position, then there is another public figure who needs to also

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Government Must Buy COVID Treatments Now

Government Must Buy COVID Treatments Now

News from Merck that their antiviral pill, Molnupiravir, reduces the chances that patients newly diagnosed with Covid-19 will be hospitalised by about 50 per cent is incredibly encouraging and should prompt the New Zealand Government to urgently contract for this drug and other next generation Covid treatments, National’s Covid-19

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Think like a Domino

Voices for Freedom Yesterday, I took one for the team. I listened with gritted teeth to our Dear Leader (and her trusty public health sidekick), telling us how they’ve “bin” working hard to create us a new framework. We’re moving away from “elimination” ( and don’t you know

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