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Suffer the Children under Lockdown

The bootlickers and cowards cheering on lockdowns like to accuse people demanding their most basic freedoms of being “selfish”. But who’s really selfish? The person who advocates that the tiny minority vulnerable and afraid should be protected should they so wish, while everyone else be allowed to choose to

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Government’s Vaccine Rollout a Shambles

Government’s Vaccine Rollout a Shambles

The Government’s excruciatingly slow and chaotic vaccine rollout shows it has no idea how to get the lifesaving vaccine to New Zealanders, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “And this weekend’s mass vaccination event is indicative of just how much of a debacle the Government’s rollout

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PHARMAC’s Priority List Lacks Transparency

Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson The ACT Party welcomes PHARMAC recognising New Zealanders are asking for more transparency on which medicines it funds but today’s announcement falls short of providing the information needed. All of the information PHARMAC has released for ‘transparency’ is already available

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Lack of Supply and Vaccine Mismanagement

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The biggest problem so far for the vaccination programme has been the lack of supply of the Pfizer doses, and debate continues as to whether

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Rollout Roadblock: Supply Sorted but Delivery Delayed

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The journalist who has covered the vaccine rollout best is the Herald’s Derek Cheng. On Thursday he reported on the Government’s latest explanation

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‘Year of the Vaccine’ at Risk

‘Year of the Vaccine’ at Risk

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. A consensus is emerging that the Government has generally managed the Covid crisis very well over the last 18 months, but they have dropped the

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Is 150 Years Really the Limit of Human Lifespan?

Is 150 Years Really the Limit of Human Lifespan?

Richard Faragher University of Brighton Richard Faragher is Professor of Biogerontology at the University of Brighton and is past Chair of both the British Society for Research on Ageing and the International Association of Biomedical Gerontology. He read Biochemistry at Imperial College, London and undertook doctoral studies at the University

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4 ‘Pestilences’ That Everyone Should Be Keeping an Eye on Right Now

4 ‘Pestilences’ That Everyone Should Be Keeping an Eye on Right Now

Michael Snyder endoftheamericandream.com The plot thickens with each passing day, and I have a feeling that things are going to get very “interesting” in the months ahead.  Despite all of our advanced technology, humanity remains highly vulnerable to outbreaks of disease, and I have often said that I believe

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The 3D Technology That Could Revolutionize the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Nicola Hagemeister École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) Nathalie J Bureau Université de Montréal Neila Mezghani Université TÉLUQ Nicola Hagemeister completed her doctorate in 2001 at the Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada). She has been a professor of systems engineering at the École de technologie supérieure since 2003. Nathalie Bureau is a

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Woke Outrage Led by Maori MP Cancels Maori Artist’s Work

Woke Outrage Led by Maori MP Cancels Maori Artist’s Work

It is beyond funny watching the woke spitting the dummy and causing the cancellation of a Maori artist’s work after a Labour Maori MP howled in outrage over the alleged racism of the art: A health pamphlet that put a moko on a cartoon Covid-19 virus – shown getting “the

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