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Things That Make Me Go…

Things That Make Me Go…

Under the so-called “Equality Act” that Speaker Nancy Pelosi just rammed through the U.S. House, doctors and nurses who REFUSE to commit an abortion that a patient wants could be charged with “discrimination on the basis of pregnancy!” The Equality Act would force employers to cover abortion, and medical

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The Great Experiment

The Great Experiment

Do we throw the dice to choose between taking an experimental vaccine with unknown long-term side effects or risk an experimental treatment to lessen our chances of contracting COVID-19 and to reduce the symptoms if we do catch it? Or do we do nothing and risk becoming hospitalised or possibly

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Study in Nature Blows Lockdowns Out of the Water

Study in Nature Blows Lockdowns Out of the Water

Covid Plan B covidplanb.co.nz The most comprehensive analysis yet, comparing Google movement data to Covid-19 deaths has found that lockdown (“stay at home”) had no role in preventing Covid-19 fatalities. The scientific report published in Nature says: “In ~98% of the comparisons using 87 different regions of the

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The Principle of Informed Consent

The Principle of Informed Consent

John Rofe Now that we know about the timing of vaccination for various at-risk cohorts it is time for the Government to provide statistics about the adverse reactions to what the public is to be given. There are obviously plenty of stats available. There are numerous articles regarding overseas experience

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World’s ‘Best Budget’ – But Hospitals Collapsing

World’s ‘Best Budget’ – But Hospitals Collapsing

Only days ago, the West Australian state government was bragging that it had “the best budget performance in the world through the pandemic”. Leaving aside the dubious morality of making billions from a genocidal communist dictatorship, West Australians might be excused for asking why, if their government really is such

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Two Years and Still No Medicinal Cannabis

A Member’s Bill that would make New Zealand’s medicinal cannabis scheme more affordable and more accessible to those that need it has been voted down by the Labour Government. “National first announced this legislation in 2018 and encouraged the Government to pick up the enormous amount of work

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Gender Change Data Tucked Out of Sight

Gender Change Data Tucked Out of Sight

It’s an old adage in politics that you should never hold an inquiry unless you know the outcome. The corollary of this is that if you don’t know the outcome, don’t have the inquiry – and can it, quick-smart, if it’s already begun. Especially if the answer

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Why Does Ayesha Verrall Want to Make All Vaping Shops Illegal?

Why Does Ayesha Verrall Want to Make All Vaping Shops Illegal?

The vaping regulations promoted by Ayesha Verrall will ban most vaping products and probably force vaping stores to close. This is not the Minister’s intent, it is due to a conflict between the legislation and the proposed regulations. The government is spending heavily on promoting vaping, while at the

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Coronavirus: Will Immunity Rapidly Fade or Last a Lifetime?

Coronavirus: Will Immunity Rapidly Fade or Last a Lifetime?

Luke O’Neill Trinity College Dublin Luke O’Neill is an immunologist in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin. His research area is the molecular basis of inflammatory diseases. He has written several popular science books including his most recent ‘Never Mind the B*ll*cks, Here’

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Home Is Where the Heart Is for Dutch Euthanasia

Home Is Where the Heart Is for Dutch Euthanasia

Michael Cook mercatornet.com There’s always something new that you can learn about how euthanasia works at the coalface. An indignant letter to JAMA Surgery by two doctors from a hospital in the Netherlands led MercatorNet back to a 2017 letter in Transplant International about home-based euthanasia + organ donation.

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The Horrifying Origin of the Chainsaw

The Horrifying Origin of the Chainsaw

Nothing sends a shiver up the spine quite like passing the glass display cases at the entrance to my local hospital, filled with antique surgical equipment. They look more like a props supply for the Saw horror movie franchise than a tribute to medical care. And if you’ve ever

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