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A Vaccine Solution

A Vaccine Solution

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com With an economy much more dependant on tourism than ours, Thailand has done superbly on the Covid front. A rigorously enforced prohibition on foreign visitors and many other restraints, has resulted in 95 deaths compared with our 25. But, Thailand’s population is 14 times

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Primary Healthcare Shut-Out Makes No Sense

ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government is shutting out a standing army of vaccinators like pharmacists and General Practitioners (GPs) in a flawed model that will ensure the continued slowness of our COVID vaccination rollout,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This may be because it has tied its

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Parker to Mental Health Foundation: You’re Not Telling the Truth

Owning their mistakes seems to be one of the most difficult things for this current government, and none more so than in mental health. Newshub reported on the government yet again trying to shift and deflect. A senior Government minister has accused a top mental health advocate of not telling

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Government Must Prioritise Mothers and Babies

Government Must Prioritise Mothers and Babies

The Government needs to prioritise women and babies and take urgent action to resolve issues in New Zealand’s maternity system, National’s Social Investment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Reports of women not receiving the care they need immediately after giving birth is exactly why the Government must introduce National’

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AstraZeneca Vaccine Hits a Road Bump

In case you wondered if Germany thinks 60 year olds have had a pretty good innings so they can receive the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, you are wrong. The fact is that immunity declines as we get older making the elderly more susceptible to serious illness and death from COVID than

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Cancer Doesn’t Just Affect the Wealthy, Grant Robertson

Cancer Doesn’t Just Affect the Wealthy, Grant Robertson

National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti is calling out Finance Minister Grant Robertson for making the issue of unfunded cancer drugs an issue for the wealthy. “In response to a National Party proposal for DHBs to cover the costs of administering cancer drugs PHARMAC won’t fund, Mr Robertson

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Handshakes and Hugs Are Good for You – It’s Vital They Make a Comeback after the Pandemic

Simon Nicholas Williams Swansea University Kimberly Dienes Swansea University I am currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Management in Swansea University, UK, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences in Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. Formerly, I was a Lecturer in Aston Medical School, Aston University

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Labour Owes Mental Health Foundation Apology

Labour Owes Mental Health Foundation Apology

Labour Minister David Parker has thrown the Mental Health Foundation under the bus in a continuance of his Government’s refusal to take responsibility for their series of failings when it comes to mental health, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. Having told The AM Show on Friday

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Mental Health Wait Times Worsen across DHBs

Mental Health Wait Times Worsen across DHBs

Ballooning wait times for children and adolescents trying to access mental health services should be of serious concern to us all, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “Wait times have increased in 17 of the 18 DHBs that provided data since Labour’s election in 2017 with some

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The Unborn Really Are Persons, after All

The Unborn Really Are Persons, after All

“Cognitive dissonance” is the state of holding contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values. Many of the hot-button issues in the Culture Wars are characterised by profound cognitive dissonance. For instance, groups preach about “tolerance” and “inclusion”, yet behave like bigots who viciously exclude anyone who disagrees with them. Our society regards

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A NZ Doctor Speaks Out against COVID Policies

Anonymous covidplanb.co.nz The author: I do not wish to disclose my identity, at least for the time-being. I have undertaken a protracted tertiary education which includes degrees in science (cellular and molecular biology and biochemistry) medicine and dentistry and a doctoral degree with research in molecular biology. I

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