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Ardern Says, ‘Let Them Use Nasal Swabs’

Ardern Says, ‘Let Them Use Nasal Swabs’

Marie Antoinette said, ‘Let them eat cake’. Jacinda Ardern says, ‘Let them use nasal swabs, saliva testing is for cowards’. As this progressive government shows it’s really regressive in practice the people line up for the torture test like good little lemmings. Sir Brian Roche said in a report

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An Update on COVID-19

An Update on COVID-19

Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister Labour Party Yesterday afternoon, I announced that all of New Zealand will remain at Alert Level 4 until 11:59 pm on Tuesday 24 August. I wanted to take a minute this morning to explain why it’s so important we take this step to keep

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We Need a Clear Path Out of This

We Need a Clear Path Out of This

David Seymour ACT Leader The wheels are falling off the Government’s response to COVID-19, it needs to show it is prepared to do more than just extend lockdowns. After the extension of yesterday’s lockdown, many people will be asking what steps are in place to shorten lockdowns that

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Blast From the COVID Past Shows How Far We’ve Fallen

Blast From the COVID Past Shows How Far We’ve Fallen

In his The Shape of Things to Come, H G Wells describes “the curious sense of unconsciousness” of the calamity that was about to unfold in the summer of 1914. “The weather that August was exceptionally fine”, and countless Europeans holidayed with no notion that within a scant few years

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Why I No Longer Think We Can Eliminate COVID – Public Health Expert

Why I No Longer Think We Can Eliminate COVID – Public Health Expert

Andrew Lee University of Sheffield Andrew Lee is qualified in medicine from the University of Edinburgh. Following paediatric and tropical medicine training, then worked overseas running primary health care and tuberculosis control programmes in Afghanistan. Around the world, countries are having to strike a balance between COVID-19 cases and restrictions.

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Can a Free and Open Society Allow Vaccine Passes?

Can a Free and Open Society Allow Vaccine Passes?

David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. Western societies, at least up to very recently, have distinguished themselves by their commitment to two fundamental principles. The first is the principle that social life is open

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Victoria: Where the Young Die in Secret

Victoria: Where the Young Die in Secret

Victoria has become the police state of Australia. Last year the socialist Andrews government placed Melbourne under curfew for the first time in its history. Not even in the darkest days of WWII was such a dramatic stripping-away of basic human rights ever imposed. Now, he’s doing it again.

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While You Are Locked down You Have Time to Make a Submission

Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First The Government set a deadline date for submissions on the bill to ban “conversion therapy” of less than 4 weeks – the shortest time possible. They basically don’t want to hear from you, are not actually interested in your view, and are hoping you’

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What Did They Do to Prepare for Delta?

What Did They Do to Prepare for Delta?

David Seymour ACT Leader The Government needs to tell us what it did to prepare for a Delta outbreak, so there is hope of ending this lockdown in days not weeks. At the Health Committee two weeks ago, Chris Hipkins could not give one example of what the Government has

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Delta Deadly

Delta Deadly

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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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