Jagadish Thaker Massey University JT or JAGADISH THAKER (Ph.D., George Mason University) is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University. New Zealanders’ intention to get a COVID-19 vaccine is at its highest since last year, at 81% of the adult population, according to
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson It’s taken the Government more than six months to adopt a new technology based on evidence everyone had in February. The Government’s ability to work with private business and adopt new technology is hopeless, as we have been saying
“Dear Prime Minister, I’m confused” From Mikes facey. pic.twitter.com/2oIMFwzkQB — ???? ?????? (@Soul_of_a_Sage) July 12, 2021 Dear Mike King, Here are the ten steps to guarantee Government funding for your Gumboot Friday programme. Sorted. pic.twitter.com/lHr3rOZVM6 — Taxpayers’ Union (@TaxpayersUnion) July 13, 2021
As we are all-too-aware, China has been stealing sensitive information from the West for years. The theft ranges from intellectual property worth billions a year, to scientific research, to military secrets. Now, we learn that China has been stealing the most sensitive data of all: our DNA. A prenatal test
New Zealand’s vaccine roll out is going from bad to worse, with New Zealand now last in the developed world for the percentage of the population who have been fully vaccinated as well as for vaccination doses delivered per 100 people, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The
Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz We have recently been told that “Life’s not going to go back to 2019 any time soon.” and that we need at least 83% of us vaccinated for measures such as lockdowns and quarantines to be a thing of the past. Other experts said
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Duane Mellor Aston University Duane Mellor is a registered dietitian who is the Aston Medical School lead for Nutrition and Evidence Based Medicine. Having a background in clinical dietetics supporting people living with diabetes he moved into medical education when joining Aston University. You’d be forgiven for being confused
Jason Green weirdworldwire.com Jason Green is Weird World Wire’s resident expert on weird wars, weapons, dictators, and various other bizarre aspects of the world. He particularly enjoys covering the weird aspects of the UK and Eastern Europe. Many say the war on drugs is simply unwinnable. As governments
Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet At first, I thought it must be something to do with the government’s proposed “hate speech” law. But no, the picture of a set of dentures locked together belonged to a story about controlling love – extreme
Maki Rooksby Hamish McLeod Tadaaki Furuhashi mercatornet.com Maki Rooksby is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow Hamish McLeod is Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Glasgow Tadaaki Furuhashi is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Nagoya University It’s pretty normal to sometimes feel
8th July 2021 Last week we reported on the future of Telenor, one of the telecom companies in Myanmar. Telenor was wholly owned by Telenor of Norway and was independent of the Myanmar government. It wrote its investment down to zero and was considering selling it off. We forecast that
Good morning kittens. This is your daily disinformation from your friends in government: the Comirnaty [Pfizer]vaccine is safe, do not argue. We assured you via our poodles in the media that adverse reactions may occur, don’t worry. She’ll be right. We told you to expect some pain,
Brooke van Velden ACT Health spokesperson Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio has echoed the concerns of the ACT Party about the Government’s health reforms and we encourage the rest of his caucus to listen to his concerns. Sio has questioned the place for Pasifika in the reforms which
The National Party has obtained a document showing nearly half of port workers have not had a single Covid-19 vaccine dose, despite the port being a gateway for Covid-19 into New Zealand, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. The Border Worker Testing Register: Vaccination by Employer Group shows
