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Reflections on the Skegg Report

Dr Martin Lally covidplanb.co.nz Dr Martin Lally Director, Capital Financial Consultants Ltd The government has recently released a report from the Covid-19 Public Health Advisory Group chaired by Prof David Skegg (the “Group”), relating to future Covid-19 policy, and intended to answer various questions. Click to access Embargoed%

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We Must Be Decisive in the Face of Delta Variant

We Must Be Decisive in the Face of Delta Variant

National supports the Government’s decision to move New Zealand into Level 4 lockdown for three days and Auckland and Coromandel for seven days, following a positive Covid-19 test in the community, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The evidence from overseas is clear; decisive action to prevent further

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Why Are We Pausing Vaccines?

Why Are We Pausing Vaccines?

David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s announcement that it will hit pause on vaccinations for 48-hours is the most nonsensical decision it could make. We are bottom of the OECD for vaccinations. Our low rates of vaccinations is what has put us most at risk of a Delta outbreak.

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Questions to Answer about Another Lockdown

Questions to Answer about Another Lockdown

David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s decision to put New Zealand back into Level 4 lockdown is incredibly disappointing and shows it only has one tool in the toolbox. Delta has been a gamechanger worldwide. We need to know if the Government has strengthened our defences in preparation for

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Want Your Boss to Monitor You 24/7?

Want Your Boss to Monitor You 24/7?

Proponents of forcible vaccination like to couch their authoritarianism in the language of public health and “the greater good”. But so did some of the world’s worst tyrannies. “Public health” has an indelibly bossy streak which must be continually brought to heel if people want to stay free. Of

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Facing Unemployment and Career Transitions

Psychlopaedia® psychlopaedia.org The APS publishes its own original stories and content. We also share psychology news and views from around the web, and republish content from reputable publishers. We are the place where you can come for all of the latest and thought-provoking news from the world of psychology.

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PHARMAC Must Explain Funding Decisions

PHARMAC Must Explain Funding Decisions

Brooke van Velden ACT Health spokesperson A report this morning that all PHARMAC staff, rather than clinical experts or those with patient experience are making decisions about life-saving medicines is astounding. Is PHARMAC using staff as de facto focus groups for funding decisions? Every year ill people cross their fingers

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Cancer Society latest to experience Little’s temper

Cancer Society latest to experience Little’s temper

Instead of apologising for his comments on One News on Saturday calling the Cancer Society “off the planet” Andrew Little has doubled down in a tweet exchange on Sunday and again name called the Cancer Society, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “The Cancer Society is a beloved

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The Ethical Complexities of Mitochondrial DNA Donation

Margaret Somerville mercatornet.com Margaret Somerville is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Notre Dame Australia School of Medicine (Sydney campus). She is also Samuel Gale Professor of Law Emerita, Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Medicine, and Founding Director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law Emerita

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Immediate Skin-To-Skin Contact Improves Premature Babies’ Survival Chances

Immediate Skin-To-Skin Contact Improves Premature Babies’ Survival Chances

righttolife.org.uk Immediate skin-to-skin contact increases a premature baby’s chances of survival according to a new study. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, co-ordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO), found that this method, known as ‘kangaroo mother care’ (KMC), has the potential to save the lives of 150,000

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The Message and the Messenger

The Message and the Messenger

Tiger Tiger, a tenacious, surprisingly well-educated animal, living and working in the real world.  Having to come up with staff wages every week sharpens the senses. As we are daily browbeaten by bobbing heads and flapping hands across New Zealand and Australia to mask up, get vaccinated, maintain social distancing

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Why I Don’t Trust the Government’s COVID-19 Strategy

Why I Don’t Trust the Government’s COVID-19 Strategy

Someone suggested last week that my lack of medical degrees or appropriate academic credentials invalidates my opinion on Covid-19, ranking me behind the experts. An interesting observation. It is true that I am medically and scientifically unqualified to comment on Covid-19 but equally, I am entitled to hold an opinion.

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